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Thought that was a good title, since I want to say two things. 1.Thank you to Judith Richards for the information about the "Sex, Love and Chronic Illness" by Lucille Carlton. How generous of Lucille to give the royalties to Parkinson's Research. I have made a note of the ISBN number. 2. To Laura & Michael Rogers. On Swimming or rather aquarobics (as it is called in Oz). We started some special aquarobics classes for PWP and their partners/friends/family. At first the classes were held after working hours, but as our participants stopped working, we changed to a daytime group. At first, my husband found the Parkinson's classes too slow for him, so he also went to a regular class for a bit more of an aerobic challenge, as well. Now that he is having coordination problems, he sometimes finds the regular class a bit too fast paced for him (I often look across - when I am swimming nearby- and see him looking a bit bewildered and trying to figure out a new routine. This makes me feel sad, and he feels a bit of a dill, I think.) Now he really prefers the Parkinson's class because it does a full range of stretches and the instructor really understands the range of ability in the class and also knows about PD itself. I should add that it was extremely difficult to get these classes up and running. As you can imagine, most PWP had to be cajoled into coming, but once there, they love it. In fact a little support group, under a different guise has been formed. What I am getting around to saying is that it is important to find the right sort of aquarobics class for your mother-in-law.Your m-i-law could be easily put off by a class which is not suitable for her. I don't know about your area, but we also have different levels of aquarobics and many of the over 50's classes would be suitable for a PWP. We have classes run by physiotherapists and these are under a free community physio scheme, and are free, except for the pool admission. Incidentally, when we started our first group of aquarobics, we had a fourth year physiotherapy student take the class. It was a great match: we were able to teach him a lot about PD and he was young, enthusiastic and was a great joke teller. Good luck anyway, and if Dennis, Beth, and Robyn are listening here, our aquarobics classes are finished for the season, starting again in Feb. when school goes back. So hope to see you along then! Best wishes Joy & Bob Graham