Parkinson’s and the past

[jeeves19]

I was digging the garden today and at some point I went ‘off’. What had been a simple task became harder and a struggle. The historian in me (my job before PD) thought about all of the poor souls from yesteryear, who experienced this disease and had no idea what was happening to them, no drugs and most likely little sympathy. Imagine being a sailor on one of the big tea clippers or whalers, expected to climb the masts in gales. Imagine the mother in the 1870s with a family of 7 children to manage. Imagine the factory hand expected to work with the speed of the machine but unable to do this due to Parkinson’s. And imagine being unable to fulfill these roles but there not b big any welfare to support you. Life must have been so hard for them. Spare a thought for them in your quiet time or prayers and be thankful that we live in the times we do. 🤔🙏.

[Hidden]

I think of those poor souls all time.

I had severe tooth ache. Miles from town, while driving I had to gulp water, swish and spit . When I asked the dentist said people would go crazy in past years.

[Erniediaz1018]

Nice share Jeeves, nice reminder to be thoughtful, including of those that are among us now taking care of us, hope you had a decent day. 😔🙏

[jimcaster]

Great perspective. It's easy to forget, but today is the best day in human history to have Parkinson’s Disease and each day hereafter will be successively better.

[Hidden in reply to jimcaster]

Love this perspective Jim.

[faridaro]

Great point Jeeves! Two months ago I've had cataract surgery on both eyes and got lens implants. The difference in my vision was so dramatic that now when I read in the bible "When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see..." makes me think about how fortunate we are to live at such time and age with all the available amazing technology.

[Smokeypurple]

Thanks jeeves really great post.

Let's all spare a thought for those who are even now dealing with it without medical, psychological or any kind of understanding or support. Great reflection to start my day 🙏

[jeeves19]

Good to hear from you all guys. Thanks for the encouragement 😊

[FMundo]

Very interesting thought . . . FAST FORWARD to today. Think of the millions of people around the world TODAY who don't have access to drugs and other forms of therapy and support . . . go to pdavengers.com/ and join the 1,000+ PLwP's who are doing something about it.

[bassofspades]

I imagine that in the days of yore there were far fewer young onset cases. Less industrial toxins, yeah? More commonly a disease of the elderly. And most people died before age 40, i think.

[MarionP in reply to bassofspades]

Yes.

[jeeves19 in reply to bassofspades]

Ha! Maybe they were the lucky ones Bass. There’s a reconstructed Ind Rev mine in my local area. You down in a group of about 10 with a guide. The tour lasts about an hour and when you come out, it’s amazing when you see daylight, even after an hour. I used to take my students down it and used to remind myself: the guys who worked down it - during the winter months - would a) go down before the sun came up b) would exit when the sun had gone down c) would spend 10? Hours down there in darkness. The only time they’d see the sun was on Sunday, and that doesn’t happen too much in Britain at the best of tines. How did they cope psychologically living in virtual darkness for 6 months? Yep, we don’t know we’re born today do we?!

[Tribselyov]

Take an imaginative sojourn with a keen eye toward literary forensics and you may conclude that King David (of Goliath fame) had something like Parkinson's disease.

1) His men recognized his weakness and forced an early retirement.

2) He wrote about his weakness, lack of agility, and imbalance issues.

3) He wrote about improvement with Hope (a real placebo manifestation).

4) He described social isolation.

5) He experienced hypothermia and autonomic disfunction.

Google it (King David, Parkinson's) or better yet, ask for published information on Amazon.

[jeeves19 in reply to Tribselyov]

Thanks. Most interesting 🤔

[Jumex2017]

Since becoming a christian i have become more tolerant. i feel really sorry for not being so when he was so good to me before he became ill and was always looking after me. I think this is my time to show that i really care though its not easy.Does anybody here suffer from compulsion of buying things more than you can afford?

[GymBag]

I dont think that they suffered long.