Does anyone have multiple diagnosed illnesses besides P/D? I have 5+

I have Parkinson's Disease, Ischemic Heart Disease, Hypothyroidism, severe sleep apnea, blood clots in legs and lungs, glaucoma, severe hearing loss. The symptoms from all of these conditions are hard to separate from each other. Which disease is causing each symptom is very difficult to know.

Well, so far, @jatonlouise, I just learned that I probably have Planus Lichen (which AI says is Lichen Planus) because I have all the symptoms thereof (gee, thanks, jl) and my Thyroid has gone high and low, now being ignored, yes, your toenail fungus will spread (mine did), but I don't take meds for my osteopenia. But surely you must have Peripheral Neuropathy, Raynaud's, ummmm well I have some stuff I ignore because no one cares to do anything about it... Rosaecia, Bigeminy, had Tachycardia, but I had an ablation. Doesn't any of that sound familiar?Isn't all this just a barrel of fun???By the way, what kind of Specialist handles the Lichen? I might as well find out, so I can tackle this new one..
Carry on,jatonlouise!Bettyin sickness, wishing in health

@jatonlouise Oh my Queen of satire; I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your posts! You are such an inspiration as I enter my “but wait-there’s more” phase. I aspire to keep myself, my doctors and my friends laughing. Thank you for being the light that shows through the cracks.

I am 2 years older than dirt (80) and I have more comorbidities that you can shake a stick at; most of them are just the things you get when you don't die young and I take lots of meds for them: HIGH blood Pressure; LOW thyroid; HIGH Choloesterol; GERD; Planus Lichen (an auto-immune disorder where your immune system has a strong case of paranoia and has gotten to believe that the mucus membranes in your mouth are a clear and present danger not only to me but to everybody on the planet and as well,) endangering my abilty to engage in my 2 most favorite activities - eating and talking . I may as well also reveal the shame of a fungal infection on my big toe on my left foot, which I'be been unable to shake for 3 years; none of the other toes have demonstrated the least interest in hosting the fungall infection (at least not so far. So I'm hoping that I can make it through this valley of the shadow of very mild cases of mild maladies before they enter a stage where they become interested in joining the big toe in its adventures. . I also have entertained a number of Mini Strokes so take a baby aspirin ever day. I am rewarded in my diligence in taking my baby aspirin by having a series of bruises that seem to take up permanent residence in the places where my cannula for my l-dopa pump gives me a steady stream of l-dopa every day.. The double vision that I had as a child but grew out of has returned to the homestead and entertains me with almost more information than I could process before I had PD. I also have osteopoenia for which I took meds for 6 years, until they realized that the med was actually making it worse. And I have hearing aides. All of my maladies are at the low end and are fuly controlled with the lowest doses of each med. except for my PD which is Advanced stage, and demands copious doses of pills in addition to the l dopa delivered by my pump .And all these other non-PD maladies are age-appropriate and controlled very, very well by the lower doses of drugs. And lest I forget, I also entertain the maladay that all PD patients are erquird to have - chronic constipation, which I can control only by daking approsimately 1 pound of fiber every day and consuming lots and lots of prunes or kiwi fruit. I think this is the full list of al my complaints and I hope not to entertain any more

@barryl , LOL...my dog does that for me; he sleeps pressed against my back!
LOL But thanks for the info. I might just try it!

@bruizersmom - It's hard for me to forget about Sleep Apnea, but.... I learned a trick from my dentist to almost get my obstructive events to ZERO every night. It's called "sleep noodle".
They are available on Amazon. You wear it on your back so you can stay on your side. If you try to roll on your back it prevents that. It works for me!! Good luck. Barry

In addition to being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease 8 years ago, I had polio, as a child, and now have post-polio syndrome. I have to deal with atrial fibrillation, severe osteoarthritis, fatty liver disease, hypertension, epilepsy, severe migraines, peripheral neuropathy, anaemia, supraventricular tachycardia, and who knows what else! I’m at the point now, that I am reluctant to go to my annual physical, for fear the Dr. may find something else!

@barryl Oh! Thanks for the reminder. I forgot to add that to my ever-expanding disease list!
Yes, I too have sleep apnea.
(didn't really want a reminder!)

I am 2 years older than dirt (80) and I have more comorbidities that you can shake a stick at; most of them are just the things you get when you don't die young and I take lots of meds for them: HIGH blood Pressure; LOW thyroid; HIGH Choloesterol; GERD; Planus Lichen (an auto-immune disorder where your immune system has a strong case of paranoia and has gotten to believe that the mucus membranes in your mouth are a clear and present danger not only to me but to everybody on the planet and as well,) endangering my abilty to engage in my 2 most favorite activities - eating and talking . I may as well also reveal the shame of a fungal infection on my big toe on my left foot, which I'be been unable to shake for 3 years; none of the other toes have demonstrated the least interest in hosting the fungall infection (at least not so far. So I'm hoping that I can make it through this valley of the shadow of very mild cases of mild maladies before they enter a stage where they become interested in joining the big toe in its adventures. . I also have entertained a number of Mini Strokes so take a baby aspirin ever day. I am rewarded in my diligence in taking my baby aspirin by having a series of bruises that seem to take up permanent residence in the places where my cannula for my l-dopa pump gives me a steady stream of l-dopa every day.. The double vision that I had as a child but grew out of has returned to the homestead and entertains me with almost more information than I could process before I had PD. I also have osteopoenia for which I took meds for 6 years, until they realized that the med was actually making it worse. And I have hearing aides. All of my maladies are at the low end and are fuly controlled with the lowest doses of each med. except for my PD which is Advanced stage, and demands copious doses of pills in addition to the l dopa delivered by my pump .And all these other non-PD maladies are age-appropriate and controlled very, very well by the lower doses of drugs. And lest I forget, I also entertain the maladay that all PD patients are erquird to have - chronic constipation, which I can control only by daking approsimately 1 pound of fiber every day and consuming lots and lots of prunes or kiwi fruit. I think this is the full list of al my complaints and I hope not to entertain any more