[Magdalen] Parkinson's,

[Lesley de Voil]

My mentor and organ teacher is in about his 3rd or fourth year since
Parkinson’s was suspected in his mid-eighties. Although his tremor in the
hands causes significant difficulties in eating, put him at a keyboard and
he can still perform to the world-class standard that he has always shown,
even if he doesn’t have the stamina of old. He played for the funeral of
our Rector’s mother last week. He keeps track of his cognitive status by
timing himself on the daily crossword in the newspaper, and is not
deteriorating in that area any, yet. These days, depression is his biggest
bugbear.

Regards
Lesley de Voil




On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 at 13:41, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> Our yard and handyman guy lost his wife early this morning.
> She has been severely disabled from progressive Parkinson's
> but the initiator of her rapid 5 day deterioration was a hip
> fracture on the glazing of black ice last week.  She would
> seem to rally, and then worsen.  Pneumonia and Candidiasis
> set in, with a couple of Code Blue episodes, one of which
> probably was long enough to give her permanent CNS problems
> had she survived these acute episodes..
>
> Nonetheless,  David, her husband is devastated.  She was just 64.
>
> Parkinson's is highly variable, and  in her case it was a ten year
> progression.  My best friend in Minneapolis' Parkinson's was only
> 5 years from the first noticeable hand tremors to his wild psychosis
> and deteriorated general health.  It was interesting and sad that
> his family paid little attention to his condition, and that a couple of
> the members of one of his church choirs were the caregivers for
> him, largely, over the final year.
>
> Parkinson's means business.
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> David S.
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