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Charles Thank you for your reply to my Amantadine query. It seems that the longer I stay on medications that enhance what neurons I have left the better. As to the T'ai Chi Chuan/Yoga/Physio; funnily enough I stopped doing T/Chi when I was diagnosed. I have regular physio checks, I asked my GP to instigate this and have been given a series of exercises specifically designed for me to do. I do them in the early morning and evening as I walk my dog, Druff, down the lane. At present I am looking to joining a Yoga class or rejoining the T/Chi. Unfortunately most classes are in the evening, when I am at my worst and as I live in a remote area of the countryside, to go means a drive 50 mile round trip. I have always been active in a sporting sense of the word. In fact it was my sporting activity that lead to my being misdiagnosed for nearly 9 years!! I played golf with my doctor 8 years ago and beat him decisively. (I played off 9 Handicap) He could not believe that there was something wrong with me after this. Recently I played him again, after PD diagnosis, and although it was a closer match I still beat him even though I was giving away 14 shots! I said to him that it comes to something when a younger fitter man is beaten by an older PD handicapped individual! He replied that the result would not stand as I would definitely fail the drug test that winners undergo! Perhaps I should put this on the list and ask if anybody else has stories about their PD which might amuse? More power to People with Parkinson ................ Jonathan