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Originally Posted by katex
Watched this last night Garinda, just wondered if you thought his visit to the meetings with other Parkinson's sufferers did him any good ? Ok, they would have a sort of empathy for each other, but were obviously much older and accepted more, whereas the issue for this young man seems to be the unfairness contracting it at such a young age .. which is understandable.
Felt the meeting with the younger man was much more fruitful, however, our subjects worry was that he would not find a partner in life due to this. I really feel someone will come along for him at some time.
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Like him I went to a meeting of the Parkinson's Disease Society. The people who run the nearest branch at Burnley are very nice people, and made me feel very welcome.
However after about a year, besides an illness, I found I had very little in common with most of the people, and all the other people were at least thirty years older than myself.
For selfish reasons I decided for the time being I won't be going back. It was like looking into the future. You can't help but compare yourself with other people. I was particularly upset when I met a woman who had been diagnosed about the same age as me, and who was now in a wheelchair and unable to speak.
Knowledge is power, but too much knowledge might cloud your judgement and stop you from enjoying life in the here and now.
