New Member - Caretaker for Parkinson's Patient

kfxston · 07-10-2012, 09:12 AM

I hope It's OK for me to be part of things here - I'm taking care of my spouse who has Parkinson's. I do not have the disease; actually I have chronic disease myself called panhypopituitarism which involves the total loss of pituitary gland function. My husband's illness was diagnosed 3 months ago and he has been in and out of rehab facility for much of that time. I always understood Parkinson's to be a slowly developing disease but it seems to be moving much faster in my husband's case. Are there differences in Parkinson's rate of progression? Thanks for any info about this.

Blessings2You · 07-10-2012, 10:52 AM

Hi, and welcome! Of course it's OK to be here--in fact, it's a good place for you to be! If you haven't already found these forums, here are the links to the Parkinson's forum, and the Caregivers Support forum:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum34.html

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum56.html

Darlene · 07-10-2012, 11:42 PM

kfxston,

Hello and welcome each of you to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Here are a great number of dear friends to listen when you are in need of ears. Please let us know how we can help you out. You will find out we are supportive and relaxing place.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Darlene