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Hi Janice 12 years ago I felt the same way as you and I think most ofus at this stage do. But now having been also very lucky with fairly slow progress and still fairly active slowed somewhat at the moment due to nap attackjs, but sincerely wished I knew then what I know now about PD. In April (by the way I have just had 60th birthday)I started a new upport group close to several elderly living complexes Now 7 months later have an enrolment of 43 members some who travel 1 hour to get to the meeting., I find it great therapy for myself and by the response from the more elderly have given them a different out look on everyday life with PD especially those newly diagnosed . I try to approach everything from a younger point of view and not the dirgy forgive me for saying but some of the videos presented for these elderly folk consist of immobile faceless people exercising where as they seem to enjoy a younger more enthusiastic outlook and we all can joke about it and it seems that it is reviving their enthusiasm,and the faces seem to leave much happier than when they walk in ands have a lot of input.We only have guest speakers about avery two months in order to give ourselves iintergroupo discussions. where we learn mloost of all from each other. It does take a lot of time and effort to adapt the programms to be able to cover everybodies ability but it has geven them hope instead of resignation to that aimless life they often sink into. Hoping that I can carry on for some years yet Margaret Clark(48/12/60)