caregiver- annabellelee
- Female, 81 years
- punta gorda, FL
- Status
- 03/08
- 08/05/09
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- About Me
- My husband began having symptoms of PD about 9 years ago, and was diagnosed about 4 years ago. He's now 83 and moderately active. He walks with the typical PD shuffle, posture stooped forward, and balance is sometimes a problem. His speech is soft and, though he's alert and able to converse, words elude him or come out wrong (often but not always). Shrugging into a sweater is difficult and buttons an every day obstacle. He sleeps alot, and I wonder if it's partly because of his meds. Amantadine, Stalevo and the Exelon patch. (& meds for high blood pressure, and CA prostate, both under control