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Hi Johanna, It is very sad what happened to your Dad. In your e-mail, you did not specify how old he was, what medications he was taking/changing to, whether he was seeing a Neuro or not, whether he had any concact with this list or any other list such as Ask the Doctor. You stated that your mother was hoping the he would just like before be well the next day. Was the doctor advised that this had happened before, and what were his/her responses to these occurrances? I think you have just raised the awareness that this sort of thing can happen. I for one would like to know a bit more of the background, if you are up to it. I offer you my deepest condolences, Mario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johanna Thompson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 10:54 AM Subject: Father died of Parkinson's on 2-11-02 > Hello, > I am writing this because number one, I am searching > for answers! I don't know if I will ever find them, > but search I must. > > My dad died in the early morning hours of Feb. 11, > 2002 from self inflicted knife wounds to the chest, > while hallucinating. He had been fighting Parkinson's > since 1987 and had never complained or spoken of > wanting to end his life. In fact he had been making > plans for the future with my mother, just a few days > before his death. > > Dad had been hallucinating all day on Feb. 10th and my > mom thought that this was worse than ever before, but > that he would as before, be better the next day. He > was carrying on full conversations with people who > were not there! saying that the floor was sinking and > sand was coming up out of the rug. At one point he was > trying to pull pins out of the rug with pliers, which > were not there! > > My questions are why on earth if this was a > possibility of his becoming violent, would the doctors > allow him to be out of a controlled environment while > changing drugs? He had hallucinated before, so why > were precautions not taken for this? Why was my mom > never told this might happen? > > My mother had to watch her husband of 25 years stab > himself to death. Now what am I suppose to do? I am > trying to hold on by reaching out for help! I would > like to help others not to have to travel this road of > hell we are now on! I will never let this go, it is > forever in my mind, I cleaned up the blood! > > Please, if you can guide me in any way? If I can help > others in any way? then my dad's horrible death will > not be in vain! > > Thank you for your time, > Johanna Thompson > Ontario, California > [log in to unmask] > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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