Dear George-- thanks for the reminder that I wanted to reply! Both the stories were inspiring and the authors are to be congratulated for their perseverance---I can't imagine digging out those rocks or hand-building a house---and I don't have PD! Please thank them for sharing these experiences. Sorry to be so slow-----and of course if everyone writes off list , we won't know how many responded ! Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 80/70/55 Oxford, Ohio http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm <[log in to unmask]> "Ask me about the CARE list for Caregivers of Parkinsonians ! "