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My own thoughts were stirred this morning as I read Ivan's comments about our faces and Jim's comments about deprivation of early morning hours with his wife. Barb's comments also echoed from a few days ago.......people don't understand the impact, the symptoms.........the complexity of the symptoms....and the frustrations of drug trials and tribulations. The lack of specialists and understanding in the medical community (what percentage of patients do have access to the Centers of Excellence.........I travel 800 miles for MD appointments. The issues of insurance coverage, longterm care, job related issues are all so important to get out before the public in an understanding of what is going to occur in the life of PD............the slowness of movement and tremor are not to be belittled, but how many of us truly consider that those are our major problems and concerns? And yet, that seems to be the the discussion.. The personal issue of the face of Parkinson's family is lost..........how many still have children at home..........faces of the kids who live with Parkinson's parent are poignant....their stories are real. We are families with Parkinson's......whether we are single, married, in a relationship or leaning on our canes with only our cyberspace friends. Rita