This is a very real problem. The last couple of years of Bill's life just
KEEPING his teeth became a struggle for all the reason's you listed.
A friend of ours in Arkansas, who also had PD (and passed away on
10/22/97) was unaware from pain or any other symptom that his teeth
were decaying until they began to break off at the gum line.
Everybody...watch teeth!!!
Love
Bobbie CG for Bill (72/14) died November 14, 1997
PS. For thoses of you who may be concerned about his
death after only 14 years...PD was not the culprit.
The
PD was really under quite good control. About 5
years
ago he was diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive
Pulmo-
nary Diease (COPD) and then in August '97 it was
de-
termined he had Ventricular Tachicardia (a periodic
un-
controlled, very fast and ineffective beating of
the left
ventricle).
