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Living with Parkinson's Disease - Meet others & come say hi
Parkinson's Disease | Last Active: May 1, 2023 | Replies (471)Comment receiving replies
knightkris: If you don't mind me saying- it is hard- very hard and don't feel bad about that or beat yourself up for your feelings. it took me almost 2 years before most of everything sunk in to my little brain. I didn't want to believe, I didn't want to believe it is caused from Agent orange-a gift from the Viet Nam war. or all the side affects- but with the help of good doctors to talk too and friends and my spouse- it is better now, but the depression is not really that much better- that's what keeps me down most of the time. Yes, depression is part of Parkinson- But don't let it direct your path in life, find some trusted friends and do things thats fun and talk it out- dumb it out- which has to be with someone that really cares. In My Prayers my friend-always jjames
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Especially when I don't have many friends and I don't have any family left at all I'm all alone and dealing with the loss of my mother last year it's not helping much at all I have been seeing a couple of counselors but that doesn't really help much at all yes I'm not used to having Parkinson's and I still haven't accepted it yet my biggest problem is I'm alone now after my mother passed away I have nobody to talk to or ask anything when I had issues before I would talk to my mom even when she was in the home with Strokes and a little bit of dementia I could still talk to her and ask her and get advice from her because she was still there and would respond to me in her own way Parkinson's has thrown me a curveball if I may call it that I just got on disability and that's good news but still there's a lot of issues going on in my life that are causing me problems have to move I don't know that many people to even help me. trying to find a place to live dealing with my landlord and I have so much to do by the end of the month it's really really causing me great deal with depression and stress and that Sort of shuts me down. What I'm going through tonight is the fact that I have nobody to talk to I don't have an older wiser individual that I can go to and just listen to me or give me some advice both my parents have passed away now I have two sisters but we haven't spoken in years and years you only time they spoke to me it was one of my mother passed away for me to sign the papers at the lawyers and that was it and they haven't spoken me since that was over a year ago what it comes down to is I have Parkinson's fibromyalgia that whole bunch other things a car accident I was just in a few months ago I spent 16 years looking after Mom so I don't have a girlfriend or wife or kids again just alone yet I'm trying and seem to be coping okay with this by myself and with the help of maybe this group I might be to deal with it better I am speaking with a counselor at the Parkinson's Society of BC for five or six sessions and then it's over with I need long-term counseling to deal with everything oh by the way this is voice texting so that's why there's no periods or capitals or anything thank you very much for your time