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I am watching a good friend deal with Parkinson's disease. Slowly he has had to give up first shooting sports, riding his Harley and soon fishing. Watching him try to fish gives me pause to think about how much I take for granted. No cure, few meds, not even any positive test to confirm you have Parkinson's. With all the new meds, all the new test or procedures you almost forget there are a lot of things the doctors still don't know and can not treat or cure. Sad to watch others get older faster than I am. Enjoy you family time is going fast.

I have a friend with PD. He rails against folks calling it a "progressive" disease. Nothing progressive about a condition that worsens on a monthly basis. He's a trooper and is doing the best he can.

Jon, I dealt with Parkinson's for 14 years. 24/7
It's a terrible disease.
It also made me a better man. But it took a while..

I hope medication helps slow the pace. But in all reality, if you are just seeing symptoms now, he's had it for quite a while already.
Just continue to be a friend. Sometimes just sitting around reminiscing is the best medicine of all.

Have a friend who is 75 who has it. Still does the field trial thing (one young pup), but his wife handles the dogs during the trials. His wife also put out the training birds, but he still does the shooting. He has a tough time of it, but he still has fun and he still tells some amazing stories.

I have a friend who's 54 year old son has Parkinsons. It was getting quite bad and he finally had to leave his position at work.
About 2 1/2 months ago he went through a procedure where they installed a battery operated pump under his skin that injects metered does of the drug throughout the day. It made an immediate positive change to his lifestyle. Supposedly a night/day difference and he has gone back to work.

Parkinson's disease symptoms can be greatly alleviated by proper nutrition. Paleodiet works, as it appears that Parkinson's is caused by Evolutionary Discordance, as far as nutritional pattern. Besides doubleguns, nutritional science is my other area of interest. I've followed Paleodiet for over 15 years, and besides losing over 200 lbs. With no regain, I totally eliminated several chronic heath conditions and am now a picture of good health.

Anyone with specific nutritional questions feel free to PM me.



http://paleoleap.com/paleo-for-seniors/

http://parkinsonslife.eu/which-specialist-diet-is-best-for-parkinsons-disease/

https://chriskresser.com/new-research-and-treatments-for-parkinsons-disease/

Regards
Ken

PM sent.

I totally agree with Ken about the importance of diet and health, and the importance of diet in regarding chronic diseases. I have followed an eating regimen for at least 15 years that stresses a balance of protein, carbs, (good carbs), and fat. The proper ratio is 7 - 9- 3 ......... protein to carbs to fat. When I began that I lost steadily but slowly to a very lean physique. I no longer get hungry between meals, because I do not eat sweet rolls, candy, cakes, pies, white bread, rice, or white potatoes (all bad carbs) on a daily basis. Do I cheat occasionally? Yep. I love pecan pie. But the important thing to remember about how you eat is that it's not what you eat every now and then that is determines your health, it is what you eat every day.

I wish I could have gotten my father-in-law on this regimen before he came down with Parkinson's and Alzheimers, and died within three years from them. There are great discoveries being made concerning Parkinson's. Watch this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDjQ7lKmH3s

SRH

Parkinson disease is indeed a progressive neurological disease in which the substantia nigra is diminished. The substantia nigra acts as a switchboard to transmit commands from the brain to other parts of the body. Thus one observes the decrease in coordination in Parkinson patients.

The loss in function of the substantia nigra is accompanied by a gradual loss of the dark color of the tissue in unstained brains. Once the substantia nigra is lost there is no way, to my knowledge, to regenerate the lost tissue.

A chemical compound from a failed designer drug synthesis, MPTP, is an agent that will cause Parkinson symptoms overnight in primates. This compound causes loss of the substantia nigra like observed in Parkinson patients but at a much more rapid rate.

Additional information about MPTP can be found on line or in the following program. I recommended this program to students when I lectured about designer drugs.

http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_474CF2C8A20B4173988486AC4C605A3C

I am unaware of any cures of this disease via diet, however a good diet could not hurt and may help alleviate the symptoms.

jlb

Yep, and some people exposed to "Crop dusting" show Parkinson-like symptoms as well.

When failure to initiate (aphasia?) sets in, Please be kind and just wait. Parkinson's proceeds by plateau, decline, plateau, decline. Ever downward, with brief periods of stability.
You learn a lot in 14 years, and for my wife, almost 20 solid.

It will make you a better man if you let it.