Facing Parkinson's
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Robert P.

My hand would shake. When I looked at it, it would stop.  My doctor said "Senior tremors. Don't worry about it."

Then I was diagnosed with Parkinson's, sleep apnea and prostate cancer, all at the same time. I said to my wife, "I understand people have worse things than I do, but God, give me a little space here."
 
My symptoms now are slurred speech. Not all the time. It happens when I have stress. It doesn't matter that it's bad stress or….Yeah, sometimes I have pauses like that….Forgetting ... I'll stop in the middle of a word and forget what that word is. I'll start to say the word and boom, it's gone.
 
I have hallucinations too. I have one now. See there is a woman standing over there. And I used to have Sunday afternoon get togethers with little people. There would be about 6 or 8 of them. Midgets I guess. They'd be jumping on the couch. "Get off the couch. If Mary Ann gets home, she's going to be really mad so get off the couch! " Only they weren’t there... Then I'd laugh at myself. I'd laugh, but I sold all my guns right after that happened the first time, just in case.
 
My doctor sent me to a geriatric psychiatrist. I don't like psychiatrists. But she was gorgeous so I made an exception. "We want to find out why you're depressed? “ So I said, "Doc, I've got cancer. I've got Parkinson's and sleep apnea. Why should I be depressed?"
 
I find that when you talk about Parkinson's to people, if you're not bleeding, they don't believe you hurt. Do you get what I mean? You've got to be showing blood. They also say you don't die from Parkinson's. I don't know what they're talking about.

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  • Stories
    • Debra Mc.
    • Harry M.
    • Elizabeth M.
    • Bob G.
    • Cathrine D.
    • Alex A.
    • Alice H.
    • Eilen O.
    • Dean S.
    • Gary O.
    • Joan S.
    • Pantaleon H.
    • Marcia H.
    • David L.
    • Frank C.
    • Raj A.
    • Vic M.
    • Darlene R.
    • Randy S.
    • Debra M.
    • Nelson A.