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    • April 27, 2023 at 9:10 pm #26395
      Susan Schlager
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        My husband has urinary urgency when he gets up to come to dinner, turns on the faucet to do dishes.  He always goes to the bathroom before we leave the house in fear of not making it to our destination.  I, the non Parkinson partner saw a physical therapist for pelvic floor disfunction.  It helped my urinary incontinence and urgency.  While I was seeing her she was taking a class on working with Parkinson patients with urinary issues.   I would check to see if you have a PT in your area who specializes with PD or better yet with pelvic floor dysfunction in Parkinson’s.

         

      • February 21, 2023 at 8:57 pm #26069
        Susan Schlager
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          The neurologist tells my husband to make an appt in a year.  His naturopath sees him every 3-6 months depending on how he is doing and which supplement he is taking.  She has been very helpful.  We feel very comfortable asking her questions.  She has been proactive with keeping my husbands symptoms under control, giving me books to read so I understand what is going on and doing acupuncture which has completely managed his rigidity at this point.  She has been able to keep him off of meds.  We are keeping in contact with the neurologist for when he needs medical treatment.

        • December 16, 2022 at 2:03 pm #25642
          Susan Schlager
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            My husbands first symptom as we look back was loss of smell about 10 years before he was diagnosed with PD. His dr said, “Oh, you are just getting older.” he has been seeing a naturopath for about 2 years who has put him on some homeopathics and nootropics and he now can smell some strong smells. A couple of years after he lost smell he started to develop ED and the dr through the little blue pill at him. It helped for a while but is useless now. This last symptom is hardest for him. He feels like a failure. I can’t convince him I love him just the same. Any men out there have any suggestions on how to help him feel okey about himself or ideas on what might make things work better?

          • December 19, 2022 at 2:56 pm #25658
            Susan Schlager
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              The sense of small started coming back after she started treating him.  I don’t know if it is the suppements she is giving him, the exercise he is doing or the acupuncture that she has him doing that is helping.

            • August 11, 2022 at 9:22 pm #24652
              Susan Schlager
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                Troy,

                My husband had the problem of always being tired and having a hard time waking up  in the morning.  He then told me he had a hard time going to sleep.  He  wasn’t aware of physically acting out dreams until I would wake him to ask what was wrong.  He could tell me his dream and it fit his acting out.  I suggested he take a small dose of melatonin. He started with 1 mg and had amazing results. No more acting out dreams and more rested in the morning. It eventually became ineffective but he has stabilized at 3 mg for almost 2 years now.  His neurologist concurred that this is an effective treatment for Parkinson sleep issues.

                 

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