This responds to Barbara Patterson's request for suggestions - for a study of some sort. For your consideration: Energy is valuable. Energy into any study should be "worth it". Whatever you choose, make it count for all the persons with PD and their friends and family that care for/about them. Will it satisfy a need? We care about our lives, most of us can't stand the loss of our mobil liberty, and we all want happiness. And these are our rights just like everyone else. I've seen many persons with PD, isolated. They are either unable or unwilling. I think there are so many unmet needs for the PD community. I would like to see persons throw concerns up on the board for considerations by all. then all throw in their suggestions to help heal the problem: I am learning, but never enough fast enough. But I think the biggest problem might be: We know that time is fleeting. And so, one person does not have the luxury, especially with Parkinsons, to "learn what to expect and how to control their lives as best they t can manage" We learn from those before of us. I wonder what all would be offerred by your participating readers, if you had a call for: "What is the most important information or bit of advice you would share with someone less advanced, who's got PD (whether it's for someone with or without PD.: yes . . life is good, mhd mhd