Barbara - Beautifully said. I couldn't agree more that famous PWP need to come to the group on their own, in their own time. How many of the PWP on this list could have tolerated being inundated by "join the club" approaches from perfect strangers within a year of being diagnosed? It's probably hard, many years post-diagnosis, to remember exactly how that first year felt, but you made us all think back and try to put ourselves in their shoes. Thanks for your thought-provoking and meaningful response. Margie Swindler [log in to unmask] Lawrence, Ks