I hope that I am in the right chat room. I just recently signed on
here. My mother has PD. She was diagnosed with it about 12 years
ago. Since then she has been coping, dealing with her discomforts
and changes of doing her activities. We, the family were called on
December 6, 2002 that my mother had been in an automobile accident.
She received a brain injury from the accident. She has been to Sunny
View for rehabilatation, to my brothers house, and then with set
backs and returned back into the hospital. Since then she then was
sent for a couple of months to Kingston, NY Brain rehabilitation
center. She has gone thru her physical therapies there and now is
residing in Catskill, NY at the Pavilion, Assisted Living. My mother
just turned 59 years old in April of this year. I just wish that
there was more help out there to help her. Now with the brain injury
and her PD had progressed more since the injury it has been quite a
difficult and sad period for her and all of us in the family. We
just keep positive and encouragement for my mom. The problem we are
having is that between other health problems, the physicians seem to
keep going back on the brain injury, but also her Neurologist claims
that this brain injury progessed her PD. The assisted living is a
very warm and nice place, but I feel she would be better off with
others whom have PD to understand her disease better. It is more
difficult for her to walk with her head tilted to the side, and she
does have a sence of humor when she ask me to tell her if she is
walking a little tilted, with her head tilted! She will laugh about
it...and then she may cry too. I hope this was not too much
information to send in or hoping I may hear from someone out there
would be nice. I would just love to see my mom in a different
setting. Thank you.