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I'm afraid that Joan Samuelson does NOT overstate her case!! I hate to rain on anyone's parade or be the proverbial wet blanket or even to forecast gloom & doom...but I think that we must not lull ourselves into a false sense of security. I can only tell you about me-at age 47, I am a drooling, quivering, unbalanced, frozen, accident waiting to happen-and I'm afraid that's on my good days!!! On my bad days, I don't get off the couch. Thanks to understanding friends & my terrific family-i am still able to accomplish alot. I have had 2 pallidotomies-the 2nd nearly killed me & so surgical options are pretty much used up. But each day I keep getting up because I have a wonderful husband & 2 great kids & I have faith that God will find a way to use me for good even if it means only to go my computer and help someone in chat to make it thru just one more day. While I hope for a cure in my lifetime, I pray for the strength & courage to make it thru just one more day. After fighting this disease for over ten yrs., I'm afraid that I've become a realist with optimistic attitudes. -- Joan E. Snyder 47/9 [log in to unmask] <http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/snyder/page1.htm> "As if you could kill time without hurting eternity" Henry David Thoreau