The complete article mentioned in the post under this topic is very moving and gives a full picture of the difficulties a person with advanced, rapidly progressing PD faces. It is available on-line at http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/99/Mar/10/front_page/PARK10.htm The Philadelphia Inquirer runs an on-line health inquiry facility "The Doctor is In" at http://health.phillynews.com/ Via the following web age: http://health.phillynews.com/support/qa99/park031099.asp one may post questions about PD which are read by and later (it doesn't say just when) answered on the web page health.phillyneews.com by Dr. Howard Hurtig, neurology chief, and other experts at Pennsylvania Hospital. Phil Tompkins Hoboken NJ age 61/dx 1990