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[log in to unmask] wrote: > > Dear Shari. > I tried to answer your father's questions by answering him - hope you saw > those. I, too, will try to be brief. You wonder about what to talk with > your father if/when it doesn't work, or at least, live up to his > expectations. You mention Mirapex, but it could be any of the medications. > While PD is chronic, degenerative and progressive, it is not entirely > without hope. Research gets us collectively closer to a solution of the > mysteries, and possibly a cure every day. Research in other fields > constantly expands our outlooks and tempers our disappointments and > depression. > The wife of our PD treasurer committed suicide a couple of years ago, and > did it ever stir up the conversation. She chose a home method from the > Monarch Society. Her husband assisted her, and the fact that her son is an > attorney kept the local police and coroner investigation short and > non-sensationalized. My point in telling this story is that there are folks > within the PD community who will be glad to talk with your father about his > many options, suicide being only one. What I learned from this episode was > that even though I didn't feel that she gave all of her doctors enough > chances to help her, she still was in charge of her own life, even to ending > it. > The other point I would try to make is that even though you are now very > involved in your parents' lives, when and if the time comes that your father > would rather end his life rather than continue it, you needn't be the angel > of death. You will know what you are comfortable with. > Best wishes for better days, hope and a fighting spirit, Don > Penny what is the monarch society? thanx ned bridges