Well, hi, yet another new subscriber here. My names Paul Braidford, I'm 22 years old and my mother's had PD for around, uh, six (-ish) years. There's no-one else at home to look after her, so technically I'm the carer - but don't say that in her earshot, she's still way too independently-minded - or bloody-minded depending on your POV :-) - to admit anything of the sort. Which is, natch, a good thing. So is there anyone else out there in my position, or have I just singlehandedly reduced the average age of the mailing list by five years? :-) Paul Braidford [log in to unmask]