Hi, I am new here. I was diagnosed with PD in 2000, and sat around for about 2 years before realizing that was the wrong thing to do. So I joined a support group, helped start an exercize group, make PD Awareness key chains and bracelets to raise money for research at the University of Cincinnati. I go to Washington DC once a year as a congressional coordinator for Parkinson's Action Network, better known as PAN. We are a grassroots organization representing 41 states, and we meet with our Legislators to educate them on new bills concerning PD. Right now our main focus is getting the Embryonic Stem Cell Act passed. I live in southeastern IN, by Cincinnati.