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Living with Parkinson's Disease - Meet others & come say hi

Parkinson's Disease | Last Active: Dec 7 2:32pm | Replies (532)
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@sallyk

Good morning ... my friend has Parkinson’s and I am her “friend caregiver”. She is a private person, single, and no family members living in the area. I care for her and don’t know how to help when she is struggling. She doesn’t share much about her challenges. My hope is that this group might provide me insightS.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jun 15, 2020

Hello @sallyk and welcome to Mayo Connect! How wonderful that your newly diagnosed friend has someone to support her on this journey with PD. If I could make some suggestions for you, look into PD exercises classes in your area. Most classes are now online because of COVID-19 crisis. Here is a link to the MPF exercises, https://www.parkinsonsmi.org/mpf-programs/exercise-and-movement-activities

If you spend time with her, just turn on the exercises and watch them. Exercise and medicines for PD are the optimal combinations!

You might also see if there are PD support groups. Many now have meetings on Zoom. She can be anonymous by not showing her picture and not participating if that is more comfortable for her. She can learn much from hearing others talk about PD. Youtube also has lots of videos with information about PD as well as exercise classes. Here is a link for those,



I would also like to invite some other members to this discussion including @mariemarie, @ggopher @psvantx, @jdb @susan62. I would encourage you to also read many of the other posts here in this discussion.

What symptoms seem to be the worst for your friend now?

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