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Your dad's seen cancer, heart disease, PD -- yet from your recent descriptions of him with his kids and grandkids, he comes out sounding like a very lucky man. My father had bypass surgery 15 years ago. About 3 years ago he needed angioplasty, but not on the artery from 15 years ago. They were to able to take a look at that artery and said it looked great. Bypass is an amazing operation -- it also gives you a new lease on life. Hope PD sees such hope. Good luck Debbie White [log in to unmask] > > Ruth, Mazel Tov on your daugthers Bat Mitzvah, we have had a Bat and a Bar > mitzvah, a few years ago, and I was concerned with all the details, and > worried everything would be as planned. It is a wonderful time, and worth > everything, but when it is all over, you think "we did it, it was great, we > spent HOW MUCH? But time marches on , my Son is entering graduate school, my > "little girl" is a sophomore in college, we just closed on a much bigger > house (we are mishuganah!) I promise you'll feel better, and I believe you > will get some specific help here to even out your on and off times and other > symptoms. > You may well be cured of PD if things go well with some of the research being > done, and that we hope will be funded WHEN the Udall bill is passed. We must > all be positive and upbeat. My father, the PWP in the family had just had > bypass surgery a few weeks before, but was able to play a beautiful medley on > his saxophone with the Bar Mitzvah band. He was also able to enjoy my > daughter's Bat Mitzvah, but was "slowing down" . He is now 80 and really > affected by PD, but he did have some good years. You will feel better. Ken > B.