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PD and my dad

Post a new topicby livingwith on Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:52 pm

Hi, my dad has suffered from PD since he was 30 years old and he is now 67. he is at the end stage of PD and has all the symptoms you can imagine. tremor,no balance, slow response, confusion, constipation and weak bladder, harsh involitary movements in his arms, difficulty swallowing and suffers halucinations. his personality changes all the time and will be lucid one moment and then on a different planet the next.
I have looked after him since i was 13 years old, had him moved into sheltered ho...Read the full article
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Re: PD and my dad

Post a new topicby namaste on Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:43 pm

Hi Emma,

I feel for you, you are not alone!! Please go to your library and get information on a support group. It is very difficult to care for a loved one who you watch on a daily basis lose a little of themselves. Please take care of yourself, your father would want that for you.

Good luck.
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