Monday, November 20, 2006
I'm Still Sorta Standing
My husband's Aunt Mary is 82 and she has Parkinson's disease. She has only had her diagnosis for 3 years. I am 53 years old and have had it for 23 years. I am an early onset patient which means Parkinson's progresses slowly as it has in my case. When you are older and are first diagnosed, it can and does move at a faster and equally debilitating rate. Medication have a different effect on an 82 year old compared to a 53 year old. I can always offer support so I wrote Aunt Mary a poem. It did the...
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