Comments on: BEST OF 2009: Parkinson’s dopamine killers

By: Saba

Saba — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:52:15 +0000

My mam is PD patient since 1984, after few months of my birth. Her condition is becoming worse day by day. Plz suggest me how can I help her.

By: annette

annette — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:32:49 +0000

I have pd, since age 43 am now 49, sooooooooooo what do l have do do to get this potential cure.
,tell me

By: Charlotte Dalton

Charlotte Dalton — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:59:56 +0000

My daughter Sandra was diagonised with the young onset of Parkinsons at same time as Michael J Fox.She was also 30 years old and getting married,she has had 2 children whilst having Parkinsons.Perfect beautiful children Thank God.She has had the Deep brain stimulation surgery done Activa in may 08 and has had some relief fron the distonia (stiffing) She had the left side done to relieve her right side now the left side is getting bad.So it would be a Miracle if this treatment worked.God Bless you Anumantha and your work and thank you.
Charlotte

By: connie

connie — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:16:50 +0000

10 years for a cure – get on to it – people are dying ….

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:30:35 +0000

This is great hope for those suffering and those who care for them!

Vanessa,
My mother has been suffering from this for 20 years, and now she’s in her mid 60s. She reached a level where the medication management wasn’t working out anymore. So the Doctors had recommended Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS): Granted we were all concerned with a 65 year old going in for brain surgery, and if she would be able to manage the recovery time. I’ll tell you it was the best decision we ever made.

She doesn’t shake at all, her medication consumption has been drastically reduced, and she’s able to move around. They did a two electrode insertion with a rechargeable battery implanted in her chest. (Single electrode install was FDA approved in ‘97 and the double electrode in 2002)

Consult a doctor and get all the information you need. My parents were the skeptical type so they went and talked to other patients that had this unit put in, and then felt more confident about going through with the procedure.

By: Sandy Hartzler

Sandy Hartzler — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:55:54 +0000

Wow!!! This sounds like great good news. My husband was diagnosed about 4 years ago. A former Math teacher…super sharp mind… is struggling now. Only 66 years old. Please inform us of trials, possibly we would consider being a part of the trial. Blessings on your work. Sincerely, Sandy

By: Moneame.Com

Moneame.Com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:23:48 +0000

Descubierto un tratamiento que podría llevar a la cura del Parkinson [Eng]…

l Dr. Anumantha Kanthasamy, junto a los Dres. Linda R. Lloyd y W. Eugene, han identificado a la recientemente descubierta proteína Kinasa-C como la responsable de la destrucción de las células productoras de dopamina, una hormona esencial para el corre…

By: Kathy Malnory

Kathy Malnory — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:00:45 +0000

Vanessa,
Get to know other Parkinson’s patient’s families for educational, emotional and day-to-day living with Parkinson’s disease success. My husband was 59 when diagnosed and we were newelyweds of seven months when he was diagnosed. It has been a slippery slope for him as his Parkinson’s disease progressed as fast as any of the neurologist in the Northwest had ever seen. He has been to 4 Parkinson’s (neurologist) specialists.

Knowledge is power in living with Parkinson’s Disease even though it is a bleak and sad road to go down. We take every day and try to make it special.

My biggest enemy was lack of sleep in trying to care for hubbby 24/7. Once I started getting more sleep life was not quite so sad.
Kathy

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:34:36 +0000

I wonder whether protein folding software could help postulate new theories about the potential treatment for the diseases known cumulatively as the Dimentias. My Dad passed away of Lewy Body Dimentia, ney the flu or pnuemonia, but due to a deterioating condition of DLB (Dimentia w Lewy Bodies) we chose to let nature take it’s course. This is a sad way for indiviuals to end their lives. I believe that through research and public educational programs, the dimentias can be held off or prevented for longer than people tend to display symptoms.

-Vipin, it may be hasty to assume a cure. There’s more money in helping someone live with a disease. That’s more of a comodity.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:07:09 +0000

Fantasitic news for all Parkinson sufferers and their caregivers! We lost our mother to Parkinson’s and it’s associated diseases that go along with it 2 years ago. We mourn for her, and pray that others will benefit from this discovery. As with all losses, her memory will continue to live on.