Parkinson's disease.

[TonyMartinwasright]

Anyone else been diagnosed with Parkinson's after long term exposure to agri pesticides etc? I remember playing outside as a kid while they were spraying with aeroplanes and some of it giving us all sore throats for 3 days afterwards so it can't have been healthy. Govt aren't keen on admitting there is any link.....

 

[Treemover]

I cant say it has effected me (yet) but it seems to be more common.
Our next door neighbour was recently diagnosed with it; an uncle of mine has it and countless others i know too.
Something i know little about so ill watch here and learn.
Was it not sheep dip that was the worst?

 

[TonyMartinwasright]

When I was first diagnosed the parkinson's nurse came out to see me and said she probably wouldn't get to see me again due to the huge numbers of people being diagnosed with it in this particular part of the world. So many that there weren't enough staff hours to cover them all.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Dad was diagnosed with it several years ago some days are better than others but breaks my heart to see him some days. I do think it is becoming more common and frightening to hear of younger people with it too.

 

[An Gof]

My father suffered with and died from Parkinson’s disease. It is very unpleasant, particularly in the later stages.
Father had a high exposure to sheep dip as for many many years we were one of the few farms that had a dip and all the neighbours used to dip their sheep here. Can remember as a child dipping sheep all most every day for two weeks or more in the summer and twice a year when scab dipping.
I have always though that his exposure to OP dips was a precursor to his illness.

 

[Lowland1]

My mother and a female worker of ours both became ill one year whilst planting potatoes. We were using phorate through an applicator and they were on the back of the planter. This was 1977 i think. My mother died at 60 from early onset Alzheimer's and the other lady at 65 from Parkinson's which she had for around ten years. You can prove anything but it makes you think. The same year our primary school was aerial sprayed with metasystox some children got sick.but we all got a trip to hospital on a double decker bus which was exciting.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Sorry to here that.

Perhaps Chemical affects, along with a person's genetic makeup, making them more susceptible to possibly?

Don't forget Warble fly dressing .......

 

[Bruce Almighty]

Last March my wife was diagnosed with Parkinson's - aged 49 at the time.

She is a lot better since being prescribed Sinemet (co-carel dopa) in July
The shaking causes tiredness & aching in her arm

She has had very little exposure to chemicals, especially when compared with me and it isn't down to washing my clothes

Dad had Lewy body dementia which has Parkinson's symptoms, I hope my wife doesn't suffer like Dad did
(Dad had little exposure to chemicals again in comparison to me ? )

I've got my fingers crossed

 

[Kidds]

My Dad and two uncles spent most of their working life spraying with most nasty chems you can think of. No ppe, no cab, all fumes filtered through a cigarette Thiodan, metasystox, etc. No medical issues as a result and all over 75 now.
One is dead but not chemical related and didn't die young.
Fingers crossed I get away with it.

 

[Bruce Almighty]

My wife’s Parkinson’s is worsening and destroying both of our lives.
She is not the person she used to be and never will be.
The worst thing is her insomnia along with hallucinations brought on by the Parkinson’s drugs.
2 hours is about the longest she sleeps for without some kind of disturbance.
She’s just started an anti hallucinogenic drug but it’s not helped yet.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

I’m really sorry to hear that.

 

[steveR]

Younger Bro, just turned 60, was diagnosed with YOPD, Young Onset Parkinsons in his mid 30s.
He has been on a series of drugs and also one major Op for treating the illness, and is still mentally OK, but is a physical mess for large parts of the day. He was a professional musician, and the steady deterioation was pretty awful to see as his talent and ability slowly went....

He had a terrible sense of balance and hand/eye co-ordination as a youngster, and we as a family have sometimes wondered whether the Parkinson's was there from an early age. He on the other hand, has suggested that as a rather stupid young man, he took acid and had a bad time.... apparently there has been a link made from psychoactive drugs and parkinsons! Just don't know...

The organophosphate chemicals that were used so casually even in the 80s, was some pretty horrible stuff... Just smelling Metasystox made me ill.

I feel desperately sorry for both any PD sufferer's and their family, in dealing with the horrible symptoms.

 

[Still Farming]

The Government MAFF made us use OP sheep dips, trading standards or the Police came out and timed and watched you dip them twice a year too ???
As stated Warble fly dressing pour on cattle treatments etc etc.
Gulf War Syndrome also was OP injections for vaccines etc given to Soldiers in Iraq etc etc .
We are all Guinea pigs with it all sadly ☹

 

[Cowabunga]

I’m afraid that it has always been around. In the 1970’s I worked for a brilliant farmer who had young onset Parkinsons. I had the privilege of attending his very last public speaking address. His speech was badly impaired by then and unless he was moving forward he had a propensity to fall backwards, so we kept a hand behind him when still to make sure he didn’t injure himself. His mind was perfect. He could even drive for about a year after this and he survived for nearly ten years after. About eight years after I last saw him when one of his daughters drove him and his wife down.

There has apparently been a significant new development in the treatment of Parkinsons, announced in the last few weeks. It is worth investigating.

It is not productive trying to find a cause or reason or to allocate blame for the disease. It’s only natural to try to find blame of course. Most often and especially as we age, shït just happens I’m afraid and nobody has ever lived forever. Disease is often random and cruel, otherwise children would not suffer and die as they often still do even in developed countries with advanced healthcare.

 

[serf]

He on the other hand, has suggested that as a rather stupid young man, he took acid and had a bad time...

This is what I don't get with how laxed and blazé the authorities and others are with the way the millions take canabis today as if it's nothing,
with such a mind altering drug it seems a time bomb to me ,
its hard enough trying to keep healthy without putting this rubbish in your system

 

[Muddyroads]

The Government MAFF made us use OP sheep dips, trading standards or the Police came out and timed and watched you dip them twice a year too ???
As stated Warble fly dressing pour on cattle treatments etc etc.
Gulf War Syndrome also was OP injections for vaccines etc given to Soldiers in Iraq etc etc .
We are all Guinea pigs with it all sadly ☹

I was a teenager in the late 70’s/early 80’s towards the end of compulsory dipping. An indoor dip with only a hessian sack tied around the waist for “protection“ certainly wouldn’t pass for safe working conditions these days.
My condolences to those who are paying such a high price for the mistakes of the past.

 

[serf]

I was a teenager in the late 70’s/early 80’s towards the end of compulsory dipping. An indoor dip with only a hessian sack tied around the waist for “protection“ certainly wouldn’t pass for safe working conditions these days.
My condolences to those who are paying such a high price for the mistakes of the past.

Remember in the 80s when young dipping with Cooper's topclip (If remembered correctly) and some blue foot treatment chucked in ,
and the stuff about knocked you off Ur feet , and the headaches from it .....

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

My wife’s Parkinson’s is worsening and destroying both of our lives.
She is not the person she used to be and never will be.
The worst thing is her insomnia along with hallucinations brought on by the Parkinson’s drugs.
2 hours is about the longest she sleeps for without some kind of disturbance.
She’s just started an anti hallucinogenic drug but it’s not helped yet.

Has your wife been offered an injection as well as tablets?

 

[steveR]

This is what I don't get with how laxed and blazé the authorities and others are with the way the millions take canabis today as if it's nothing,
with such a mind altering drug it seems a time bomb to me ,
its hard enough trying to keep healthy without putting this rubbish in your system

Yep. Cannabis can seriously screw people up, and the mental damage even beyond the addiction, is a known.

 

[Bruce Almighty]

Has your wife been offered an injection as well as tablets?

No