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Dear Gail, The first thing that I learned when my husband first started showing symptoms was that he didn't want to know what was wrong with him. According to him, if he didn't think about it, it wasn't happening! A real "head-in-the-sand" attitude. It was very stressful for me, because I just couldn't understand why someone wouldn't want to know what was wrong, and what could be done for him. If it was me, I would have been on the first plane to the Mayo Clinic. I've been told that David was exhibiting a "male" attitude, a "Mr. Macho" type of behavior. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. But I can definitely relate to your mother's stress level. Glad to have you here, Gail. Everyone will share any and all information with you. What, by the way, are your stepfather's symptoms? How long has he been ill? When was he diagnosed? Bev, Care Giver to David, age 70, diagnosed 10 years ago, symptoms for at least 38 years. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Campbell, Gail" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 4:52 PM > Hi Everyone, > > > My name is Gail Campbell. My stepfather, age 60, lives in the UK (I > reside in US) and has been diagnosed with PD for 5 years. My mother is > the caregiver and the main reason I decided to subscribe is to get an > insight into the disease and be able to print and forward emails to my > mother (She does not have access to the internet). My stepfather has > difficulty accepting the fact that he has PD and my mother consequently > suffers from stress. I feel that your emails may be beneficial to both > of them. > > I am trying to keep this short and I'd be grateful for any information > you can share with me. > > > Thank you, > > Gail > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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