About Me
- Chris Irwin "We Never Know What Strength We Have Until Life Begins To Test Us"
- I am married to a wonderful man named Jeff and we have three beautiful daughters all who are grown and have two children of their own. About five years ago I suddenly felt ill and when I say suddenly that is exactly what I mean. How does one feel perfectly fine one day and the next your whole world is turned upside down. I went from doctor to doctor trying to find out the cause of my illness and eventually about a year and a half ago I finally got a diagnosis, not one I wanted but at least I had an answer. My diagnosis was Parkinsons Disease. My husband and I were in shock to say the least. We cried together and held each other. What was our future going to be like. we know we have a long road ahead of us and I am sure many obstacles but we have each other. We have the support of our Family and Friends to help us along the way. I am creating this blog to give insight to others about Parkinsons Disease and to let everyone know that we are all different and succumb to this disease at our own pace. No two people are alike that is why I named my Blog "Parkin at Your Own Pace". Feel free to follow along with me on my journey and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I Will Never Walk Alone He Will Be With Me Until The End
Saturday, January 22, 2011
To Meet or Not to Meet....that is the Question
Support Meetings.....Do we really need them? My doctor told me I needed to find a group support meeting to see and hear how others are dealing with PD. To date I am not sure how this is helping me watching others in worse stages of this disease. I feel this benefits the caregivers more then the actual patients themselves. My husband has not attended these meetings with me, not because he didn't want to because I had asked him not to. I was afraid that he would be very upset seeing some of the parkinson patients. I guess this has been selfish on my part but he loves me and respects me enough to realize that when I was ready for him to attend I would let him know. There are caregiver support meetings he could attend but I think he just wanted to wait and go with me when I felt the time was right. During the last meeting I decided it would be a good thing for Jeff to attend future meetings with me. He will be able to speak and confer with other caregivers who can offer advice and friendship...I realize I am not the only one effected by this disease, all of my family is effected in one way or another.
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