Hi guys!
I'm almost 51, I have been suffering from Parkinson's for about 8 years, maybe more, but PD diagnosed in 2017
First of all, I want to thank you all, I read often your chats and find a lot of useful information.
Now I live in Cyprus. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to find good professionals on this disease here. My wife and I are planning to move to Poland soon. Please respond: is there anyone among you who lives in Poland? I wanted to chat and ask a few questions
Sorry to hear that you have been trying to get your Parkinson's symptoms under control but I don't know how to interpret the question other than the possible reason you are moving to Poland iis so that you can get better care. Please correct me if I have the wrong impression.
I will let others chime in with their suggestions,and I am not from Poland. The only suggestion that I can offer is if you are willing to move to any country that offers a lot of better choices,then there are better options. The options obviously depends on your nationality and your financial status.
If Poland feels like a warm bath to you, it is worth more than the best medical care!
thank you for your response
Actually, I chose Poland for other reasons
Since 2016 I have worked and lived in Cyprus. I'm leaving here because... I lost my job in 2022 and given my illness am unlikely to find a new one. Worth noting, that without work, there are difficulties in obtaining the right to further residence in Cyprus (I’m from Ukraine)
Why Poland? because my wife and I have relatives living in Ukraine and my daughter lives and works in Munich, besides, in Poland there are special programs for residents of Ukraine, so I chose somewhere in the middle between Germany and Ukraine, with the hope that PD in Poland is treated better than in Cyprus, where doctors don’t know anything else except levodopa, amantadine, and mirapexin
Can you recommend any country for my case based on your personal experience?
p.s. I looked at your other post and would like to note that I have also had diabetes since 2003, so we generally have a lot in common...
England. I believe now is a great time for you to move there since you are from Ukraine.
gov.uk/guidance/support-for...
You are also welcome to come to the USA under similar programs, but the cost of Healthcare is enormous.
Just to say re. pdpatient's well meaning suggestion - do *not* come to England! There is a huge housing crisis here with sky high rents, growing homelessness - including Ukrainian families - and the NHS is in crisis after years of underfunding. I would definitely check the current status of programs for Ukrainian refugees in Poland, and, whether you would qualify, coming from a safe situation in Cyprus. Poland got overwhelmed by Ukrainian refugees and it's not a wealthy country
My hunch is that Germany is by far the wealthiest and best funded country out of the two you mention and that you'd get best treatment there. They also have a tradition of alternative healthcare (birthplace of homeopathy, naturopathy etc).
Thanks a lot for the valuable advice, I need to investigate, if Germany still accepts new Ukrainians entering under the protection scheme
re: @...coming from a safe situation in Cyprus" - the situation is not as simple as is commonly believed. Here, in Cyprus, there is also a frozen conflict - a northern part of the island occupied by Turkey that it may want to legalize under the guise of a war in Israel. This, by the way, is another reason why I intend to leave the island.
You're welcome... hope you get the up to date advice you need.
I think you should also bear in mind that PD care in every country varies enormously depending on the area you are going to settle in and the neurologist you are assigned to.In Britain there are some brilliant up to speed neurology departments and some who are pathetic.Where we live the treatment is minimal,and you are lucky to get more than 8 minutes a year with your neurologist. 30 miles away is a teaching hospital with the most advanced neurology unit in Europe.So before deciding where to move,try and get some idea of what’s available in the immediate area you are thinking of settling in,or you could end up no better than you are now.
Right you are! it was the initial reason of my post: to get advice directly from Polish PD patients were to live better from the PD treatment point of view. But during the discussion the main issue became blurred...
Sorry to say I've just read this (as much as I could before the firewall kicks in!) and it looks like Germany is in a very similar position to the UK in terms of soaring rents, homelessness, acute shortage of social housing, and a large number of refugees.
thetimes.co.uk/article/stru...
Wow. What happened to the UK families welcoming refugees from Ukraine and giving them room and board in their homes? This was unlike earlier "receptions" to migrants from the EU during earlier crises.
The program in place seemed quite promising.
honestly I don't think you'll get better care anywhere else.. in the European Union you should have the basic PD treatment covered from health insurance but for anything better you have to pay .. even in Cypress you have to take the good Mediterranean diet and clima into the package so if I was in your place I would stay there as long as I could...
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