Re: My FIL's Doctor Visit Today...Questions About Sinemet Red...

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That is something Sharon M. I don't think I would have wanted to even claim

knowing him, LOL. My Don has a lot of shrinkage in the front too, and over

all shrinkage, but only once did I hear hime act a little bit forward like

that, and it was at the bank. The girl and I pretended we didn't hear. He was

never the kind to talk bad in anyway. It was surprising, but I knew it was the

LBD.

Imogene

In a message dated 7/13/2006 1:58:30 AM Central Daylight Time,

LadySmilingAtU2@... writes:

april,

my dad was diagnosed in may 2004 with lbd and his mri's showed overall brain

shrinkage but mostly in the frontal area where teh ability of being polite,

tactful, etc is now gone. and his inhibitions are gone too, so he frequently

talked in approate words to women about sex etc. it was pretty ugly

sometimes, at one point he decided to pimp me out to his best friend. how

embarassing.

well i though i would give you my litle story hugs, sharon m

--

Daugher of Leonard, diag May 2004, had lbd since 1993, had hip surgery from

fall 7/05, aspiration pneumonia 7/05 with pulmonary embolyis, had aspiration

pneumonia and uti 8/05, died of blood pressure drop on 9/25/05,

may he rest in peace with his mom and dad,

a smile a day keeps the meanies away

---- aswest1021 wrote:

Well, we went to Emory Clinic today to receive my FIL's diagnosis.

After reviewing his MRI and neuropsych. results, the doctor said he

is quite sure he doesn't have MSA. He said he is leaning towards

Diffuse Lewy Body Disease, but that he doesn't present the classic

MRI/neuropsych. results. He said my FIL's problems are frontal lobe

related and, typically, those with LBD have problems arising from

the temporal lobe. So, my FIL is going to have another appointment

at Emory on Aug. 24th to see the same neurologist, along with a

dementia specialist to see if they can pinpoint what's been going

on. In the meanwhile, my FIL's Sinemet dosage is going to be

reduced over about 3 weeks from 7 pills daily to 3. My MIL is

supposed to report back whether or not any changes in his behavior

have occured. Have any of your LO's been dropped down on their

Sinemet and had it bring on positive results? Could too much

Sinemet be the reason for his rapid decline? The doctor did say

that he is declining rapidly because of the cognitive involvement,

which is not usually seen in pure PD, but in the atypical

Parkinsonian diseases.

As far as my father is concerned, he was seen today at the local VA

Hospital. They seem to think that he may have heart problems and

that his stroke symptoms are most likely old ones, whatever that

means. He has been admitted to the hospital so that they can

monitor him overnight. I'll keep you posted.

April