I believe that anything and everything we can do, that leads to a cure for PD will have other benefits too. The ball of string is a great idea. The disease is a curse, as we all know but in my case, it has lead to me spending more time with my parents, and that is a good thing. It has taught my children and their cousins about how important it is to be around for relatives who need help and support. It has actually caused the whole family to be closer. AND I have a group of over 1500 wonderful people to communicate with, who would be totally unknown to me, if not for PD. BTW has anyone else on the list ever been to Housner's? I wonder how the string is doing? :-)