[lodwick]

Interesting "Show Me the Money" story, and sad.
My fil had been reduced to almost "baby" status
by the Parkinson's disease. Every day, another
step backward.

Keep having fun - gotta do some party prep for
friends moving to CO. bbl

[andysandmikesmom]

What is so bad about Parkinsons, is that fully 1/3 or Parkinsons patients, also get dementia....sometimes its very hard to distinguish from Alzheimers, and often doctors mistakenly diagnose people....

Usually symptoms like the tremors, the 'frozen' face, drooling, extreme difficulty in walking, due to feet almost being frozen in place, are symptoms associated with Parkinsons...but often people who really have Alzheimers, also have Parkinson symptoms...

So often people who actually have Parkinsons, also exhibit the classic dementia associated with Alzheimers, and people who actually have Alzheimers, have the classic physical symptoms associated with Parkinsons...

Often this is as confusing for the neurologists, as it is for the family to weed out...

In the end tho, if one lives long enough with either one of these two devastating diseases, the end result is the usually the same...the patient has dementia, is bedridden, is incontinent, often cannot speak or understand, and they are now no longer to perform even the simplest tasks for themselves...

Both these diseases are horrendous, and put really a great deal of stress and strain on the whole family...I wish they could find a cure for these diseases...they are terrible...