A FEW THINGS that are POSITIVE about Parkinson's
June 2
June 2 is a very special day in our family. It was the day that my beloved daughter Amy was born. I was so excited to have a beautiful little girl. She was my most precious gift and that feeling has never changed. Amy died at age 18. After her death, life had no meaning for us. We just wen through the motions of living and existing because we still had to finish raising Renee, who was only 13 when Amy died. Dan had told me that friends of his, also bereaved parents, had adopted a little boy from Ukraine. I thought they were absolutely crazy. Fast forward a few years and that tiny seed grew in my mind. Maybe it was Divine Intervention, I don't know, but we decided to adopt from Ukraine. I am so thankful to Ukraine for giving me two of their most precious gifts. We must have been twice as crazy as his friends because we adopted not once, but TWICE!! We adopted Olivi...
Good to hear the positive notes. Well, the first time I realized that I was not sure of my steps, at times I wasn't able to lift my legs. I was alone in the house and being a patient of high blood pressure, I thought I've had a stroke. A friend came to visit me for some work, I asked him to take me to a nearby doctor. The doctor did not think it was stroke. So, next thing I did was purchasing a train ticket online and again requesting the friend to put me on a train, I boarded an overnight train for a bigger city. Once in the train, I handed over a slip with my sister's phone number requesting him to use it in case I couldn't get up the next morning. Once in the bigger city I met a neurologist who knew that I was diabetic and got some NCV tests done - the result was zero and she said that I had acute diabetic neuropathy.
ReplyDeleteMy walks had become irregular I was dragging my left feet not able to walk straight - staggering. Not able to maintain a steady pace - at times almost running or at other times slowing down. While driving a two wheeler I was leaning backwards, while driving a car I was leaning sideways ( to my left) - here cars are right hand drive. Was having severe dizziness at times while trying to reverse the car. Voice was fading away.
This continued for about a year. I had to go to another large city for a family gathering after more than a year. At the family gathering my niece, a neurologist, noticed that my arms were not swinging as I walked, said I should take medicines. She told my family that this was PD. I googled the name of the nedicii and realized what my treatment was for. A few weeks later I visited one of the large metropolitan cities and walked into a large Government run hospital which soecislizes in neurological disorders. They confirmed the medicine and the doseage that my niece had prescribed snd also showed me some exercises.
I have seen PD patients with constant twitching of muscles, constant shaking, inability in speaking, etc. In comparison to them, I am much better. I thank God for it.
Hi Tapan, Thanks for sharing! Like you, I think I had PD for almost a year before I was diagnosed, I had severe sciatica and still have it and I attributed all of my symptoms to my sciatica. I was also told that I don't swing my arms when I walk but I don't think I ever did. I have watched a lot of people walking at the mall, park, etc and not all of them swing their arms!!
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