Bruce Closser
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I have a squat rack, an adjustable bench and a pretty complete set of barbells and dumbbells along with a few kettle bells. I also have a trainer for my road bike which I prefer to an exercise bike. With the squat rack I can safely do lifts where the weights are above my body, such as squats and bench press.
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Based on my experience, the answer is a resounding, “yes!”
I was diagnosed in 2019, although I had been having symptoms for four or five years prior to that. The combination of exercise and medication‘s (250 mg of carbidopa/levodopa every six hours, along with pramipexole as a dopamine agonist, has brought my disease progression to a halt.
my exercise program consists of downhill, skiing and cross-country skiing in the winter along with mountain, biking and road biking in the summer. I follow a weightlifting regimen with free weights year around.
I’m 78 years old and one week from today I start a cross country bicycle journey. The route I’m taking is 4200 miles long from Yorktown, Virginia to Astoria Oregon and I hope to be finished by mid or late August. I’m trying to be the poster child for exercise and Parkinson’s!
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My neurologist is 450 miles away at the University of Michigan. I see him every six months. Before COVID, both semi-annual visits were in person, but during COVID they changed to tele-visits. These virtual appointments actually worked quite well, so, post-COVID, we decided that from then on we would do one in-person visit and one tele-visit. I’m happy with this arrangement. I should also note that my neurologist has a very good relationship with my primary-care physician and they coordinate very well. I believe that I am receiving excellent medical care.
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My wife was a great sex partner. However, the first PD-related sexual problem we encountered was mine. For the first time in my life I experienced erectile dysfunction (ED). Our neurologist told me that unfortunately, this is a common effect of PD, but that it usually responded well to conventional treatment.
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I appreciate this forum topic, which I don’t think has received proper attention. I am a 78-year-old male who still has a pretty strong sex drive. My spouse died recently from Parkinson’s Disease. She had been diagnosed in 2010. I also have PD, (diagnosed 2019) which is very well controlled and does not seem to be progressing much, if at all (for which I am very grateful). She and I had an active sex life up until the last two years of her life when a series of injuries caused by falls led to hospitalizations and surgeries. The injuries eliminated her sexual desire (when your body is healing, it doesn’t have much time for sex). As she healed, her sexual desire would begin to return, but then another injury would eliminate it again.
Our neurologist was happy to answer our questions about PD and sex, but wasn’t really interested in a conversation on the topic.-
I’ll keep trying to finish this post. System is not cooperating.
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Still no luck in posting the rest of my response.
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I’m going to try breaking it up into small chunks and posting each individually. Wish me luck!
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Thanks, JB. I am so fortunate to have an excellent support system of family and friends. For example, I am writing this from Vail, Colorado, where I am skiing with my son and daughter-in-law.
I have been trying for weeks to post the rest of the article I started above, but with no luck. Also no response from the support desk to my messages. I hope this posts.
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Have you discussed estrogen with her doctor? That was very successful for my wife.