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I've been lurking for awhile - thought about unsubscribing, then thought again! Anyway, I'm 47, diagnosed about 6 months ago. I'm a wife, mother of 2 (13 & 4), & a nurse. The discussion about children & PD has been interesting. As you develop your ideas, Peggy, please consider the following regarding these young people: While he cares about me very much, my oldest is embarrassed by my tremor. Sometimes, like when we're sitting together at church or at the dinner table, he simply puts his hand on mine to stop it/hide it. His feelings are more pronounced, of course, when his friends are around. Once I was diagnosed, I told him about it & some basic things about PD. His biggest concern was would I die. Once that fear was taken care of, he was fine. Good luck on your writings! Karen In a message dated 1/18/2005 9:02:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: What I think is needed are books dealing with the child who is beginning = to think independently - who notices that mom, dad, or a grandparent is = "different" - something to appeal to the older child. I can also see a = need for books on the psychological effects on adolescents and teens of = living with a family member with a chronic degenerative illness like PD. = =20 I have been dabbling in a little bit of everything advocacy-wise, trying = to find my niche and wanting a way to contribute to the PD community. I = think you have given me the idea! I'm going to start thinking in the = direction of publishing a book that would be of benefit to the younger = person(s). I hope you will help me along the way! In fact, if you will start sending me your ideas here, I'll try to = incorporate them. THANKS for the motivation! Peggy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn