Family, their not too bad when they understand what's going on.

Hey everybody,

Thank you all for the encouragement and replies to my last blog. I was having pity pie at my pity party. BUT, after a bit of reflection and pondering. I decided to talk to my family about what is going on with me. (My Mom and two older Brothers). I was diagnosed in 08 and they know whats going on with me, they just don't understand what's going on with me. We had a very good talk. It was nice to connect in a way that we had not before. I've always been close to my mom I talk to her every day, for 1 minute or 1 hour, the conversation is always good. My brothers are busy with their families and we only see each a time or two during the year. Our family holiday is Thanksgiving, my husband birthday and our wedding anniversary is all in that week. So years ago we decided that that holiday would be a great time to converge on our mom. My hubbs and I live in Louisiana and would always go camping for a few days at Lake West point,ga. Then on to my moms house to do the turkey and family thing. It is really a wild time and not too much time to talk to my siblings. Now that our children are older and can fend, feed and entertain themselves --they don't want to be around us (I'm talking about my oldest bros children and mine are like stair steps). The middle brother is a year older than me just got married two years ago to a women 15years his jr. His daughter was born on my birthday last year and now he and wife are expecting #2.. We are pretty close as siblings but bro#1 lives in South Carolina and bro #2 lives in Atlanta, My mom lives south of Atlanta and I live in Louisiana close to New Orleans. We are just not close enough but, have made a pact to call on sundays to catch up, dicuss or just chew the fat. They finally are understanding! It's been a pretty good week..

[purelabor]

Sometimes family can be the best medicine. My wife lost her mother 5 years ago and as she says" If only we could have 1 more cup of coffee together". She would call her everyday. My family is not very close so we only see them every 3-4 years. Due to travel problems. But it is nice to get together. They are good support when you just need to vent.

[Kadie57]

WONDERFUL!! I m so happy for you and your family. Just to understand some of the PD puzzle, the whys, what fors and how to do........You just discovered something so important to living, and I mean reallly living, with Parkinson, allowing others to help you and express how you feel with who are close to you. This may sound odd but I firmlty believe I have Parkinson to help others by showing how I live with PD. I know I did nothing to cause this, knowledge is power! You go girl!! KADIE

[PatV]

That's great. I find that managing my family life is as challenging my PD! My younger daughter has TBI and is on disability and can handle one on one encounters but larger gatherings freak her out (sometimes). Where we used to get together automatically for every birthday and holiday, now it requires the negotiation of a major mediation team! 2 daughters, sons in law, 2 grand daughters. and the elephant in the room, my PD. But when it happens it's magical and a dream come true.

[PatV in reply to PatV]

and a son !