Re: Timo/ When did you got MSA and how old are you?

[Guest guest]

My husband, Ralph, was 63 when he was dx'd with PD. 1993. Subsequent

testing through a couple of years told us it was SDS/MSA. Autopsy

verified it all. He had several symptoms that I know of now, long

before that. But we had no idea it was this awful stuff.

He was proud at first because he had something rare and there were researchers

working on the cure. Among them was his neurologist at Texas Southwestern

Medical School in Dallas, Dr. Dewey.

After a while tho, he accepted the fact that there was no cure and no

way back ,so he enjoyed each day as it came.

He did get depressed, especially if he could not get out of his

"cage" here at home. He was always a free wheeler and could come

and go as he pleased. This illness messed up everything he had planned

to do in his retirement years.

He was called away in July of 2000. But he had a rich full life

and was ready to go when he left.

Give your gal some space and let her do what she can on her own. It

is frustrating to be dependent on someone else. Embarrassing too.

Have a lovely day. And a happy new year. I love your flying dove.

Barb in Arlington.

I

have one rose left on my bush in the back yard.

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"Love is a fruit in season at all times." Mother