Michael J Fox

[Lady's Human]

When you see someone who has a disease that is treatable in some respect one normally makes the assumption that they are doing everything they can to treat the illness. Personally, I would NOT suspect someone was testifying in Congress in a purposefully created situation, like not taking meds to magnify a condition.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I guess even the devil has his defenders.

[Lady's Human]

Defending? no. Showing what the media didn't in a barely 3 second voice clip that they are attacking someone with? Yes.

(Pssstt.......It's called a balanced presentation)

[Edwina's Secretary]

Psssttt...I call it defending a horrible man who said horrible things....

You call it whatever you like.

It was nasty and cruel. I suppose to some...that is balanced.

Whatever....like I said...

[Lady's Human]

1) 10-1 you didn't even read the entire transcript.

2) Nothing I said was nasty, just showing a more complete version of what was said.

3) Bias? Sara? Naaaaaaahhhh

[K9karen]

My dad passed from Parkinson's. I was so distraught by Limbaugh's accusations, and subsequent "apology' I actually prayed for magic powers to fly through the TV and punch that SOB in the mouth.

What goes around, comes around. I won't belittle myself by saying any more .

[RICHARD]

Now,

How's about Fox making a tape showing himself off the med and then going to Congress and saying something like.


"This is me off the meds...I am here before you to show you what medication can do for me.....

Imagine what research and a cure could do for everyone with this disease...."

More powerful indeed?

Probably not.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

With a familial history of Parkinson’s, I had never seen anyone with such pronounced body movements.

Parkinson's comes in many forms - some have very pronounced physical effects like Michael J Fox while others it affects mentally. My Dad had both. I've seen people in his PD group who moved more than MJF and they weren't acting either. There is no typical "Parkie" which is why it is such an awful disease to try to control.

BTW it is classical that there are phases in which the meds work better than in others (I believe they talk about being "on" and "off").

The "on" and "off" is very accurate but its not just a case of skipping one lot of tablets and then reverting back the minute you take the next lot. Even getting the timing wrong by half an hour or less can upset the levels in the patient to such an extent that takes weeks to find a right level again

[Logan]

I always think it is good to hear both sides of every story. I actually posted here, yesterday, but removed my response, because I figured everyone would think I was doing the typical "conservative" response.

I immediately wished that Rush Limbaugh would have kept his mouth closed, but I did take time to go to his website, read the background information, and his thoughts on the situation, and I better understood where he was coming from with his comments.

I have had a family member suffer with Parkinson's disease. It took his life, after over 20 years. We all wished for something to come about that could help him be more comfortable, live a more normal life. I don't know what I think about the kind of stem cell research that MJF is advocating.

I just hope that everyone will take the time to pray or send good thoughts for people with Parkinson's and other horrible diseases, but also that they will see both sides of a very sad story.

[K9karen]

Parkinson's comes in many forms - some have very pronounced physical effects like Michael J Fox while others it affects mentally. My Dad had both. I've seen people in his PD group who moved more than MJF and they weren't acting either. There is no typical "Parkie" which is why it is such an awful disease to try to control.



The "on" and "off" is very accurate but its not just a case of skipping one lot of tablets and then reverting back the minute you take the next lot. Even getting the timing wrong by half an hour or less can upset the levels in the patient to such an extent that takes weeks to find a right level again

*CLAPS*
Thanks for putting it so perfectly. My dad's Parkinsons started with a shaking of his thumb. He never had much physical shaking: his PD affected his throat, stomach..internal organs. He had pneumonia 5x or more, ate pureed food and finally apirated. His facial muscles were affected, he became stiff and wheelchair bound. People in his PD group, as Brody said, had so many different levels of it.
Dad was too old for brain surgery. He was a guinea pig for any new med on the market. His doses were changed constantly. In the end, the meds caused hallucinations, delusions, paranoia and seizures.
Oddly, maybe not, our family knew of 4 men, all my dad's age who died from Parkinsons. All served in the military around the same time. Coincidence? Environmental?
I'll tell you what..whenever I get a "twitch", I freak out.