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---------- > > > David, even though I have my son at home, I am all alone with the PD and gout > and everything else. I wish.......I don't know what to wish for. The disease > to just go away? or to die and get it over? or to have someone to share it > with? I don't know. > Marling, doctors do not know today how long people newly diagnosed with PD will function. All models are based on past information and old drugs. The new approach to medication and treatment may allow you to function to that golden age of 95. I posted to this group that I took care of a 83 year old with PD (had had it for 20 yrs) who was sharper that I am mentally (doesn't say much), and had come to the hospital with a case of pneumonia. She returned to her apartment to continue her active life post hospitalization. I'm sure she expected to function well into her 90's. Take heart and thank God that we live in an age where PD is no longer considered insurmountable - new meds are on the horizen as we speak. Incidently, my husband also has gout, and takes Zyloprim and colchicine. ----- Mary Ann and Jamie