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Marcia Mc Cabe wrote: > > Hi, I thought I would share my story with you who are interested in PD. > It began to be very noticeable in May 1995 that there was something > wrong with my husband, Garnet. He was doing strange things and not > wanting to eat. He must eat you see as he has had diabetes for over 35 > years and is insulin-dependent. Then he began to stay on his bed in one > position for a very long period of time. He got so bad that he lost 40 > pounds in 2 months and could hardly walk at all. He needed constant care > and we had to have people with him every minute. He would cross and > uncross his legs, complain that they hurt, that the air conditioner be > turned on or off, depending on his mood which was constantly changing. > One day he fell, he could not be picked up by me as he was dead weight > even at 148 lbs. I had to call the ambulance drivers and it took three > of them to lift him to the bed. That did it for me. I called a nurse > friend of mine and she helped me get him into a nursing home. In October > of that year he had been assessed by a neurosurgeon as having PD and was > given Senimet, which after a couple of months turned him back on the > road to being more like he used to be. Haveing known him so long, I see > things about him that maybe others don't see. For instance, he told us > yesterday that the year was 1999 and today he couldn't remember the > nurse's name. That scared me as she has been looking after him for well > over a year and 1/2 and he couldn't remember her name! Will he forget > me? > Can someone tell me what to expect from here on out to his departure? > As for tremors, they seem to be only in the right hand. He had a stroke > that affected his right side movement, arm and leg. > > I am Marcia Mc Cabe [log in to unmask] > > And thank you for reading my story. Of course there is more but I don't want to bore you.