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Paul does your father write, I am the same age and was diagnosed twenty-five years ago. I bought myself a computer and since then I have written poetry, fairy tales for children. I still have the odd bouts of Pneumonia and am often in hospital I too do not want to walk as I am afraid that I will overdo things and not get back to the house. Has your father this fear of not getting back home? I wish you well and plenty of strength to face the coming months. bern [log in to unmask] http://members.chello.at/fairy-tales/fairies.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:49 PM Subject: need help! for my Dad with Parkinson's > Hi, > I've been on this list serv for 5 or 6 years. My father has had > Parkinson's for 7 or 8 years. He is 79 yrs. old. Over a year ago he got > pneumonia (before which he was getting around fine, going on trips, > working in the yard, etc.) but for months refused to do the physical > therapy to get his strength back again...and his legs got weak so he could > hardly walk at all...well, me and my step-mom finally got him on a low > level serotonin uptake inhibitor (Lexapro) because the doctor said > clinical depression could be causing his stubbornness about exercise (they > said he could be fine and go home if he would push himself and exercise > more) ... we also got him a personal trainer (3 days a week) > The Lexapro definitely seems to be helping his outlook and he IS standing > and walking a little bit now with a walker but he is only doing the > minimal amount of exercise (he's in a rehab facility) > If we tell him to do anything he acts like we're nagging (he was president > of a company and is used to being the boss) > Also, he's getting over the flu so he's a little weaker right now. > They say you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink but my > question is this: > How can we motivate him to do what he needs to do to get moving again? > They said that if he would move around more and carry on with walking and > exercise it would build his immune system so he'd be less likely to get > pneumonia. > I would appreciate any suggestions! > Paul > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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