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Thanks, Rob. I suspect your response (having been there) may be the thing that finally gets him to take action. I know he planned to but maybe now it will be sooner rather than later. Thanks again. E ----- Original Message ----- From: "Schaaf Angus / Meadow Creek Ranch" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:39 PM Subject: Re: Forgetfulness > Dementia is a all too common a side effect of PD drugs. Find out what he is > on and how much . Check with the doctor yourself and explain the problem. > Maybe between the two of you , you can brow beat him into going. Being a > workaholic is not a good enough excuse! Been there and have done that. His > health needs must come first.!Rob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elaine War" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 2:12 PM > Subject: Forgetfulness > > > > My boyfriend is in a high stress job which requires a tremendous amount of > detailed concentration. As long as I have known him - about a year (he has > been diagnosed with Parkinson's for about 8 years) he has been forgetful and > I have no way of knowing how much was just him and how much can be > attributed to Parkinson's. > > > > At the moment he is under extreme pressure as he is winding down his job - > thankfully! I have begged him for the last few weeks to go and see his PD > doc but he insists on waiting until he finishes the final project he is > working on which will be next week (but that seems a lifetime away). There > has been a definite deterioration in his condition recently but I was > horrified today to find that he has no recollection of a fairly indepth > conversation we had yesterday. He said if he thought hard enough it might > come back to him. > > > > Does anyone have experience of this and if so do you think it is stress > related or purely PD related and any advice on how I should handle this. > Thank you. > > > > Elaine > > my boyfriend is in a high stress job which requires a tremendous amount of > detailed concentration. As long as I have known him - about a year (he has > been diagnosed with Parkinson's for about 8 years) he has been forgetful and > I have no way of knowing how much was just him and how much can be > attributed to Parkinson's. > > > > At the moment he is under extreme pressure as he is winding down his job - > thankfully! I have begged him for the last few weeks to go and see his PD > doc but he insists on waiting until he finishes the final project he is > working on which will be next week (but that seems a lifetime away). There > has been a definite deterioration in his condition recently but I was > horrified today to find that he has no recollection of a fairly indepth > conversation we had yesterday. He said if he thought hard enough it might > come back to him. > > > > Does anyone have experience of this and if so do you think it is stress > related or purely PD related and any advice on how I should handle this. > Thank you. > > > > Elaine > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn