Guest guest Posted March 28, 2002 Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 Hi all! its good to see that there is a group here at yahoo that allows people to exchange their thoughts and experiences with MSA. I´ve been looking up a lot about this disease lately because it seems that my 58 year old father shows symptoms of it (slurred speech was the first sign starting nearly 2 years ago, orthostatic hypotension and some ataxia). The first docttor he went to 6 months ago said, its just a low blood pressure problem; now another doc says its perhaps MSA... He has been in the hospital for a week so they could check out things, but found nothing, they could just confirm the symptoms and orthostatic hypotension. But as far as I can see, no matter what diagnosis they'll come up with, it wont be good... Since the low bloodpressue when standing really seems to be a problem for him already , especially in the afternoon, he probably has to give up his job very soon. My mother and sisters are of course very nervous and afraid of what lies ahead; MSA or ShyDrager seems to be a devastating desease in many cases. Since I´m the oldest sibling I feel somehow responsible for helping them and dealing with the things that my father cannot deal anymore (especially in the future), but I´m not sure how... I also dont know if I should tell my family about the stuff I read on the internet about MSA, I dont know if they can deal with that dark glipse in the future... thanks for reading, I just had to " talk " to someone greetings from germany! chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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