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My story seems to be just like yours- how much does society teach us to care? ^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ivan Suzman 48/12/9.5 [log in to unmask] Portland, Maine Land of lighthouses deg. F ******************************************************************** On Thu, 12 Nov 1998 23:35:47 -0500 "E. W. Richards" <[log in to unmask]> writes: >I thought I posted this to the list last week but let me try again. > >My father's neuro says there comes a point at which no drugs work and >the disease progresses. Right now my father is restless, suffering >terribly. He gets up during meals, eating as he leaves the table to >walk. His walking is more like pacing. I call it the heebee-geebees. >He agrees. He says he cannot control himself. > >We can certainly rivel Ivan's soap opera here. I call what is being >done to the elderly in this country by the "healthcare" industry >population control. Why do they want more people to live longer when >they don't want to care for the ones who have already lived longer? >The >only way it works is if you are not sick with anything. My parents >are >83 now. My father's PD is getting very advanced, it seems and his >neuro >says. Yet, he walks even on his own at times, can still feed himself >mostly, can do many things. But my father is miserable and depressed >and nothing seems to work. He needs Halcion to sleep - nothing else >worked. There are no Movement Disorder Clinics close enough to be of >help. He has always been sensitive to drugs. > >Now what? Does he (do we) have to live in misery like this? It is >hard >to keep help (home health types) because they seem to want either a >patient in a coma or one that is not sick. Suggestions? > >JH >