Thread: Parkinsons

And they are still trying to figure out what causes it. I went to a lecture at the Australian Museum last year and the latest theory was that it is caused by 2 successive viral infections, one a rhinovirus and one a stomach virus, which between them start the bodies immune system attacking the central nervous system, particularly the 'dark matter' in the brain stem. At that time it was still being researched & had not been 'officially' published.

Apologies for replying to an older thread but it has significance to me now more than ever as my father just passed away from this disease.


To those not exposed to any body suffering from this, only the tremors are associated when Parkinsons comes up in conversations. But it is so much more, and all the other effects when it progresses over subsequent years are what makes it such a debilitating disease.
As a sufferer for 15years, my father was a shell of a man in the weeks before he left us. He was unable to communicate, eat, walk, shower, go to the toilet or do anything we take for granted. But the thing that made it so hard for him (and us) was that his mind was still so sharp. He was the same man trapped in a body that was unable to function as any normal human being.
It was a long, difficult and challenging journey for all the family, especially my mother who was his carer up to the point where it was just too hard for her and we made the decision to put him in a nursing home. It was heart breaking to visit him for the last 6 months.


I feel for you artme, and hope that in the very near future that something is found to cure or even assist sufferers because for your family the journey has just begun. I wish your brother all the luck he surely deserves and hope that everybody rallies around him for support when the need arises.


To my Dad, may you rest in peace. I will never forget all the good times we shared. You are the person that shaped me to be the man i am today and hopefully i can be as great a father to my son as you were for me.


Steven.