Janet: I am another example of how wrong that dr is. I was a young pwp, in my early forties. I am now 63 and people are surpriseed when I tell them I have pd. Your rigidity comment is also true for me. I used to have tremors, but several years ago they went away and I have slowness and rigidity now. I am progressing very slowly with this insiduous disease, therefore I amnot declining faster than older pwp's. I think it's all in personality and your outlook in life. The dr. may be right, but in my case he is in error. By the way, my slowness and rigidity are being controlled by mirapex. Edie 63/20