Marcia Mc Cabe wrote:
>
> Hi, I thought I would share my story with you who are interested in PD.
> It began to be very noticeable in May 1995 that there was something
> wrong with my husband, Garnet. He was doing strange things and not
> wanting to eat. He must eat you see as he has had diabetes for over 35
> years and is insulin-dependent. Then he began to stay on his bed in one
> position for a very long period of time. He got so bad that he lost 40
> pounds in 2 months and could hardly walk at all. He needed constant care
> and we had to have people with him every minute. He would cross and
> uncross his legs, complain that they hurt, that the air conditioner be
> turned on or off, depending on his mood which was constantly changing.
> One day he fell, he could not be picked up by me as he was dead weight
> even at 148 lbs. I had to call the ambulance drivers and it took three
> of them to lift him to the bed. That did it for me. I called a nurse
> friend of mine and she helped me get him into a nursing home. In October
> of that year he had been assessed by a neurosurgeon as having PD and was
> given Senimet, which after a couple of months turned him back on the
> road to being more like he used to be. Haveing known him so long, I see
> things about him that maybe others don't see. For instance, he told us
> yesterday that the year was 1999 and today he couldn't remember the
> nurse's name. That scared me as she has been looking after him for well
> over a year and 1/2 and he couldn't remember her name! Will he forget
> me?
> Can someone tell me what to expect from here on out to his departure?
> As for tremors, they seem to be only in the right hand. He had a stroke
> that affected his right side movement, arm and leg.
>
> I am Marcia Mc Cabe  [log in to unmask]
>
> And thank you for reading my story. Of course there is more but I don't want to bore you.