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Hey Matt! Welcome to the PD group. In your introductory message, you wrote >>>> I guess I would really like to know what we can do? What can we expect? What kind of support is there for people like my mother? Can you recover much from PD? (Can dad play ball again?) Most importantly, how can we deal with dads depression? I think everyone (including dad) can accept the fact that he has PD, what we want is for him to feel happier and better. <<<< I can highly recommend a book which was mentioned here a few months ago. It's called The Parkinson's Handbook by Dwight C. McGoon, M.D. and published by WWNorton in 1990. The author is a surgeon who developed PD, and decided to write about it. My mother also has PD and I found the book very helpful in understanding the disease and its problems. Perhaps it will be supportative for you and your family as well. Just my 2 cents! John Murray, HCILab, Univ. of Michigan