As many of you will be aware I am fortunate in that my consultant is not a neurologist but a gerontologist with a special interest in PD. He gives me time & respect, is honest & not patronising. He involves his patients in their treatment & leads an excellent support team. He also happens to live within five miles of me in a rural community & uses the same GP surgery. A few days ago he & his wife entered reception as I was called for my appointment. He looked awful. It was clear that something was seriously amiss.
My emotions ran from shock, sympathy & compassion to 'what will happen to me?' followed by guilt.
I hope with all my heart that he will recover - for himself & his family, for his other patients & for me. It has brought home to me how much I take for granted & how PD has become a focus of my life, despite my best efforts to resist.
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You were very wise to find someone other then a neurologist to be a consultant then a pill pushing neuro. And find this person as a gerontologist with interest in PD was positively brilliant! Hopefully he may recover?
Nice to hear from you. If we look around us most people of a similar age have quite a lot of our symptoms...stiffness from arthritis, weaker continence, some shakes, weakness.
At present im comcentrating on changing myself to be more relaxed and positive...getting rid of my fears...hard work!
Hope he recovers . I'm always so happy to find a health professional I can really work with and so sad to lose one. My very kind patient dentist, who put up with my dyskinesia and anxiety, recently moved away . His replacement is not so great.
Hi honetcombe3. It is so pleasing to hear of a doctor who is as nice as you described. I am afraid that a lot of them are only interetsed in making money and pushing pills. They don't give a fig about the patient and the consequences of the medication, as long as you keep taking it. I also hope that he recovers from whatever ails him.
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