Rick - I agree. I asked the question because more and more, from an advocacy perspective, I believe the best use of my time is to push education and awareness of the need for exactly what you describe as "state of the art" Parkinson's treatment. My neuropsych was the one who talked me into the true value of early retirement - the stress of working longer would have killed me faster than the PD.

The cool thing about the clinic I go to is that they are actually trying to figure out ways to "spread the gospel" - one big hurdle is the lack of scientific evidence that their approach works (can't move docs in a new direction unless you can "prove it") So they are working to design outcomes based studies in order to do just that.

It's a long process; I'm glad they are practicing what they know in their guts to be true in the meantime.