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You see! If I had just spent more time, I would have caught the two signatures!!

If us PD people can’t laugh at ourselves, we are gonna have a tough life. Right?

Robert C

Very good topic Mary Beth,

I suspect it is hard for some to share personal situations on this topic. You can’t undo what you might type if you have second thoughts on what you have sent. And we are all in a “let’s see how it goes” mode and not a “presume the worst” mode as a way of coping with this Parkinson’s visitor in our lives. This topic…[Read more]

My husband was diagnosed 1 1/2 years ago with Parkinson’s. After several months of medication, there was no evidence of it being effective. I was able to get an appointment last July at Mayo in Rochester, MN, where his diagnosis was specially indicated as MSA – Multiple Systems Atrophy, a more progression and rare form of PD. Mayo offered s…[Read more]

It has been tough. My wife struggles depression and can not get motivated. She’ irritable most of the time and rarely even smiles. Its tough to even get her to leave the house at times. We have been married 30 years. She does see a therapist and is on Zoloft but I think she needs more. I am pursuing other avenues.

As one of those ‘in decline,’ (no sarcasm intended), I offer the observation that cognitive prowess can vary greatly in the same person.  Clearly, everything is slower and just as emotion effects tremor, emotion can cloud ideation and the use of common sense.  Then there is vitamin d, hydration, wearing off, fatigue etc. There is still a person ‘…[Read more]