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Dear Carol, You're right, I'm scared. I don't know how to deal with this PD. Most things you can somehow get out of but this is not one of them. My mind does not know how to accept this diagnosis. I think of myself as a fairly optimistic, positive person but this reality has almost mowed me down. Thank-you for your comments and encouragement. I half-way inquired about a local support group and actually went to a seminar/meeting for people with PD. I saw alot of persons I thought I would, everyone in slow motion and all ranges of mobility - and outside they were getting out of their cars just like I do, deliberatly and carefully - so I knew I was in the right place. I'm still in denial. You were 37? What a shock! You were a not even 40 yet, and I think I'm not old enough to have this PD. Where does it come from? It's unforunate we are losing a substance called L-Dopa. Why couldn't it be called L-Smarta or something that wouldn't sound so - well, Dopey. Patricia