Hi Charles and welcome to PD Network, My father has PD. He has had it for 10 years now. He is 66. During the first 7 years of the disease, he showed no major signs of weakness, but after that he started to get a little weaker. It all depends on what you do with your time. My dad insisted on continuing to work on his private business which was very tiresome and he was always under a lot of pressure. This difinately did not help. He wasn't sleeping well and all added to his beworsening conditions. My advice to you is to keep working until your work becomes a burden and when it puts pressure on you just quit and save your self the headache. Enjoy life. Avoid depressing things. [log in to unmask]