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Sunday, 19 March 2006

quote [ Speaking of Parkinson's Disease, my mother has been suffering from Parkinson's Disease for around 13 years now. She is in the late stages and is practically paralyzed. Unable to eat or even speak, it kills me to see her like this. Especially since I just turned 18, meaning that she has been ill almost all of my life. If you hear of any procedures or know of any research being done could you please post information about it. Thanks. ]

Update on this:
http://sensibleerection.com/entry.php/37405

I am now 19 and my mother has suffered from this disease for over 14 years. The last 5 years of which she spent in a nursing home. On Friday night I was planning on making an ASK SE Post to see if there have been any updates that anyone was aware of in experimental Parkinsons Treatments.

Sadly such a post was all in vain since Saturday morning my mother passed away. After having a fever several days ago, she contracted pneumonia. She was rushed off to Suburban hospital on Friday morning. I was there to see her Friday night. She looked fine to me, if not for a little difficulty breathing. Saturday morning came and the phone rang at 8:30am. The call scared me since my brain jumped to that one terrifying conclusion. My dad was on the phone and asked if I was sitting down. Those who have lost parents know what happened following that.

My mother was a kind and gentle person who didn't deserve to have her life end like this.
Hanna Cohen (Dec 7, 1949 - March 18, 2006)

To those of you who still have their parents, go give them a hug and be thankful that they can be there with you. For you never know how lucky you are till you lose them.

[by SkitsoDragon@7:07pmGMT] [+10 Insightful]

Comments

unga-bunga said @ 7:21pm GMT on 19th Mar
I'm...I'm...shit. I'm sorry, dude. I lost my mother a couple of years ago, and I know how hard it is.

I'm not going to offer you any advice, though. When my mother died many people offered advice that I never asked for and it only seemed to serve me a dish of resentment.

retard said @ 7:33pm GMT on 19th Mar [Score:2 Underrated]
:'(

LordFeldo said @ 7:41pm GMT on 19th Mar [Score:1 Underrated]
Mods or Comments can't express what really needs to be said,
I'm glad SE is one of the few places you can post this and recieve the dignity you deserve.

I'm terribly sorry. My condolences.

YHVH said @ 8:10pm GMT on 19th Mar
My dad died when I was 17 and had been sick most of my life too.
I remember being relieved the pain was finished for him and then guilty about that, and doing a whole lot of shit that was never going to help, and I doubt it will help you to trawl through my failures as a human.

I am sorry for your loss.

Seraph said @ 8:31pm GMT on 19th Mar
my gramma died of parkinsons 3 years ago (i was 18 at the time.... -insert conspiracy theory) one of her nurses said it best. "when i get to their age, i just hope my mind goes before my body"

rawcks said @ 8:32pm GMT on 19th Mar
I know how you're feeling. I lost my mother to cancer a couple of years ago. May your friends and family bring you peace and comfort...

todde said @ 8:45pm GMT on 19th Mar
She lives on in you and in the good she did. My condolences to you and your family.

thumble said @ 8:51pm GMT on 19th Mar
I can't begin to understand what that must be like for you, but thankyou for reminding me to cherish my family.

vahid said @ 10:05pm GMT on 19th Mar
my condolences to you and your family.

draven said @ 10:08pm GMT on 19th Mar
I can only express my deepest condolences in your time of need. I had my father pass on after a 10 year battle with stomach cancer a few years ago, and ultimately came to the conclusion that the grief felt by his survivors is only sadness for our loss, but in time came to find relief in the thought that his suffering had passed.

On another note, I couldn't find the link in the original post (it's not working) and don't know if it's been previously brought up, but regarding Parkinson's, there are current experimental treatments called "Deep Brain Stimulation" that is currently very actively being explored as a promising treatment for Parkinson's.

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/deep_brain_stimulation/deep_brain_stimulation.htm

Working in Biomedical Engineering, this is a promising treatment for a debilitating disease. I know that it does you no good, but for everyone's knowledge, hopefully spreading this type of information can help public opinion of this research and provide hope for those still affected.

bios303 said @ 10:19pm GMT on 19th Mar
This brought tears to my eyes. I know only an inch of what you must be going through right now.

rosary said @ 12:06am GMT on 20th Mar
My condolences to you and yours.

cardinal said @ 6:31am GMT on 20th Mar
My thoughts are with you and your family.

pshaw said @ 8:43am GMT on 20th Mar
There have been some promising data on the tangles that form in Parkinson's disease, but a good treatment is probably miles away yet. Deep brain stimulation, like L-dopa, both work to alleviate the symptoms but do nothing to help treat the underlying plaque formation. In essence, neither of them really change the timecourse of the disease- they just act as palliative care.

Unfortunately its very hard to clear neurons of problems- they don't grow back once they have been damaged (currently. Research into paraplegics may change this within a few decades).

I doubt any of this is condolence to you- at least no treatment will arise in the near future. I'm not sure if that would make it worse... I guess I'd think it would. My heart goes out to you.

De_Wr0ng said @ 11:04am GMT on 20th Mar
My condolences to you and your family.