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In-Reply-To: <96Apr4.000015est.84899(1)@info.utcc.utoronto.ca> > My name is Rosemary Russell & I am a new member. Rosemary Welcome. Although I'm a few thousand miles away I really felt your concerns: family grown up, successful studies, exciting career and new life opening up in front of you. And then someone says "Parkinson's Disease !! I am no PD expert and if you keep in contact via this list you will know that every sufferer is unique but I am sure that keeping active, physically (and mentally) is important. I stopped playing squash and now it's too easy to fall back on PD; the tremor in my right arm may be getting worse but the exercise kept the arm feeling stronger. >From your brief intro you sound like a fighter, so keep fighting for yourself and your career. Best wishes Bob Hills (40/4) Leeds, England "Ultimately more complex than any machine ever invented, the brain is the essence of what makes us human. Its blood vessels nourish three pounds of delicate tissue. Its billions of cells mysteriously regulate the body, learn from a lifetime of experiences, and summon the memories and thoughts unique to all of us," Joel Swerdlow, National Geographic, June 1995.