[lou_lou]

if this is the last post i ever type -
it is because it is the most important...
PD is not a mental illness -it is a brain disease
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it is more like a long degenerative cancer of the brain.
I have a wonderful psychiatrist -she did not want to release me as her patient, yet she went to work for a place, that is called -family guidance,
and it is a mental health facility.
She told the family guidance people -that I was not mentally ill, I have a brain disease called PARKINSON's DISEASE...

I am very happy she did this, even though I must go to another doctor
that is authorized to provide me with 2 drugs - that may be thought to be used by only "crazy people"?

I went to the ER a month ago with dystonia and sciatica pain,
also my mouth was frozen, it was too numb to speak. the doctor in this
facility knew diddly squat about PD!
my family member left the room, and the ER doc, scanned the room for my
loved one, almost yelling at me -he said loudly -where is your friend?
I answered the best i could, but he did not hear me correctly!
so he said, in an highly edgy tone... "THEY ABANDONED YOU!"
iI WILL HAVE TO PUT YOU IN A NURSING HOME!


I objected to this treatment, and asked to report him to the head doctor at the ER/HOSPITAL!

I leave you with this - a great true story about ALI, and how PD is described in his life...
because it makes all the difference!
History's most famous athlete was as nimble with word play as he was fleet of foot. He dazzled opponents and global audiences alike with his athletism in the ring and his unflappable verbosity outside of it.

Gradually these trademark characteristics began to fade. His lightening reflexes slowed. His speech became impaired. His mind was still sharp, but his rhymes failed to dance off his tongue as readily as they once had. Over the years his body co-operated with his mind less and less. Explosive footwork slowed to a deliberate shuffle. A flight of stairs or a car door became as daunting a physical challenge as 15 rounds with Joe Frazier. The famous Mississippi Mouth became barely audible. Ali had fallen victim to a merciless, cruel opponent- Parkinson's disease


http://www.parkinsons.org/parkinsons-symptoms.html