I don't write much to the list any more because the longer I'm on it the less I find that I know about the disease. But sometimes I feel a need to exert my little wisdom. If my memory serves me right I think I might have sounded like MJF when I had only had Pd for seven years. At that time, I only had it on the left side too. I was functioning quite well and the medicines hid my tremor very well. So don't beat each other up over his attitude, he has all the right in the world to feel good and positive about his future. The name of my book that I haven't written yet will be "My Glass Remains Half Full" 56/37/32 jjjane http://www.parkinsonalliance.net/medical/palross/palross.htm