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Dear Mary Ann, That was a long time for your Jamie to suffer with this yukky disease. I think you made the right decision. I would want my family to love me that much to let me go when life became unbearable. We are frozen in right now. No water and of course it is the weekend, so we have been unable to get the well companies to come out. My horses do not want to drink the water I took to them either, the stinkers, so I will have to go to the barn several times today to try to entice them to drink. Dick is well enough today to go out to the pump house to check on the leak from a cracked pressure pump frozen by the weather. He is back and said the leak is worse, so we can't get water. I have filled every container I have, but it is going fast. Do you know what causes severe cold sweats day and night? This is a new wrinkle for him. The doctor gave him a thyroid test. We'll see what happens. Thanks for caring. Elaine Mary Ann Ryan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Elaine, thank you for your condolences. Jamie had PD for 28 years and died at the age of 68. Although PD ravaged his body, I believe that he actually died of something else, probably cancer. Because he was so debilitated we decided to not to hospitalize him or do extensive testing when he stopped eating in March of this year. Because of your location, I imagine that it is difficult trying to find a really good movement disorder clinic(although I might be wrong). It would appear that Dick desperately needs to be seen by doctors who are very familiar with the treatment of PD. If you can find such a center, it would be worth your time and trouble to get him to one. Treatment could then be easily monitored by a doctor in your area. Please continue to let us know how Dick is doing. I shall pray for both of you. --------- God bless Mary Ann (CG Jamie 68/28 with PD, died 11/20/07) www.bentwillowfarm.org My husband is 71. We live in New Mexico. I'm sorry about Jamie. I do believe that quality of life is important, however. I'm sorry I didn't understand your numbers. Dick is really with it tonight after a terrible early morning. We are watching a movie. > -------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.