I'm gonna be 70 this year, and oh, FFS, don't know what to make of it. What they used to call "senility" runs in my family. Gotta huddle up w/a lawyer sometime in the not-too-distant future.
Yup. We see it in a million little ways, like not being able to sign your name, or having to really concentrate when cracking an egg, because there's a chance you'll just crush it, not crack it. Losing fine motor control is surprisingly consequential - so many things, like being able to pull on your socks or trim your toenails.
I've had a very good friend since 1970. Parkinson's is kicking her lovely 80-something-year-old dancer's ass. It's heartbreaking. It's also financially devastating. She's always been great with money, but the longer she lives, the less she's going to have left.
I recently hit what used to be retirement age and I'm having some neurological issues - ataxia in my feet which makes going down stairs tricky, as well as a come-and-go tremor in my hands that shows up on occasion. I feel the deepest sympathy for other people who have more severe neurological difficulties that are more life-effecting.
My antifa FiL (hey, he showed up on Utah Beach, can't get more antifa than that) developed bad tremors in the last months of his life. He had to order his coffee with a straw because there wasn't any guarantee that it might end up in his lap.
Proud of her for bravely coming forward to admit she has PD. I wonder if there are any other congress people that are also diagnosed with PD? Looking at you Gosar........
My dad has Parkinson's for about 50 years. He was lucky it affected him slowly. He was going stiff, it would take him an hour to lie flat in bed. It would take a long time to get him into his wheel chair. His mind was still fine, but he could not even change a channel. He loved reading but had no one to read to him and could not do it himself. I wish I had more time, but work and my family took up a lot of time. My time for them was spent taking them to doctors a lot of the time. Doctors suck toward old people. I felt I had to be there to make the doctor pay attention and listen to them.
Now that I am an old person, I have to call doctors on it. And then I help them with their computers so that probably helps a lot in them not ignoring what I say. I have no idea why doctors have such bad software or bad attitudes against old people.
I’m sure rightwingers are greeting this news with the use sensitivity and kindness we’ve come to expect from them.
I'm sure they've learned compassion since the Fetterman medical issues...
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I'm gonna be 70 this year, and oh, FFS, don't know what to make of it. What they used to call "senility" runs in my family. Gotta huddle up w/a lawyer sometime in the not-too-distant future.
Yup. We see it in a million little ways, like not being able to sign your name, or having to really concentrate when cracking an egg, because there's a chance you'll just crush it, not crack it. Losing fine motor control is surprisingly consequential - so many things, like being able to pull on your socks or trim your toenails.
I find this extra difficult to upvote, but, there you are.
Check out Patients Like Me dot com Lots of sharing g of ideas and courage there.
I've had a very good friend since 1970. Parkinson's is kicking her lovely 80-something-year-old dancer's ass. It's heartbreaking. It's also financially devastating. She's always been great with money, but the longer she lives, the less she's going to have left.
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I recently hit what used to be retirement age and I'm having some neurological issues - ataxia in my feet which makes going down stairs tricky, as well as a come-and-go tremor in my hands that shows up on occasion. I feel the deepest sympathy for other people who have more severe neurological difficulties that are more life-effecting.
My antifa FiL (hey, he showed up on Utah Beach, can't get more antifa than that) developed bad tremors in the last months of his life. He had to order his coffee with a straw because there wasn't any guarantee that it might end up in his lap.
Karma also suffocated him in the alveoli on that one.
To be fair, Ted Cruz has at least destroyed the old cliche that Canadians are excessively polite.
Neither will I.
Proud of her for bravely coming forward to admit she has PD. I wonder if there are any other congress people that are also diagnosed with PD? Looking at you Gosar........
My dad has Parkinson's for about 50 years. He was lucky it affected him slowly. He was going stiff, it would take him an hour to lie flat in bed. It would take a long time to get him into his wheel chair. His mind was still fine, but he could not even change a channel. He loved reading but had no one to read to him and could not do it himself. I wish I had more time, but work and my family took up a lot of time. My time for them was spent taking them to doctors a lot of the time. Doctors suck toward old people. I felt I had to be there to make the doctor pay attention and listen to them.
Now that I am an old person, I have to call doctors on it. And then I help them with their computers so that probably helps a lot in them not ignoring what I say. I have no idea why doctors have such bad software or bad attitudes against old people.