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Hi Ivan, Made one more Forum, without Brig this time, just too difficult for him to make the trip. Last one, he froze in Union Station, and had to literally run from one end to the other, I was sure he was going to run into someone or fall flat on his face. I had two suitcases and you know the books they give you, trying to catch him and get him on the train. No one would give an inch, until I in my sweet voice(you know what that is, I wasn't a teacher for nothing), said "Could I please get my husband on the train, he has Parkinson's, the disease Michael J. Fox has." The seas parted and everyone was most helpful, asking questions, and offering to help me with the luggage. Amazing what a little notoriety will do....... Lots of old timers were missing, a lot of new young faces and I mean young, like you when you were first diagnosed, scary!!!!!!! To your request, as a caregiver, medication is a sore subject, because I can't get Brig to stay on any type of a schedule. I try my darnest, he gets involved in something, for he forgets, even though I remind him, won't use any type of alarm, which we had and he lost. He seems to think still, that pop a pill, and in 5 minutes you will be on. Those days are gone forever, sometimes, it takes 45 minutes or then there is dose failure. He is still mobile, drives only a few blocks, I do all the other driving. You know, Brig has been on Sinemet for 17 years, Eldepryl, for the first 16 years, on Mirapex since it came out, and now on Amantadine, for about 6 months. That is along time to be on Sinemet and have it still work, of course, when he and you were diagnosed, there was no choice. But he has been most fortunate, for which I have always credited Eldepryl. His neurologist believes if it works, take it, if not, try something else. This disease is so frustrating for the patient and for the caregiver, because there is still no cause and no cure, just do the best you can. I don't know if this is what you want, I can only look at it from my perspective. To be perfectly hones, I don't remember what my life was like without Parkinson's Disease and I don't have it. Fondly, Gerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn