Dear Barbara Thanks for the welcome Its my father Harry Bence that has Parkinson's He was diagnosed with is in 1985 and has managed to continue with his profession as a band leader and saxophone player until 1994 when he was diagnosed with colonic cancer the treatment was major surgery and radiation treatment which called a halt to his working as a musician he has just gone back into the treatment centre for further work on his cancer and the oncologist suggested the we review his medication and have him see a new neurologist he has been on the same tablets since the onset of the Parkinson's a drug called MADOPAR. In case you are interested he could still manage to play well up until the onset of the cancer and the treatment for that slow him down so much he could no longer work the full three to four hours playing with the band. If you would like to know more about his orchestra here in the UK and USA drop me a line so long for now Kindest regards Freddy [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] ---------- > From: Barbara Patterson <[log in to unmask]> > To: Freddy Bence <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Welcome > Date: Monday, April 21, 1997 02:48 > > Dear Freddy: