Father just diagnosed

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone, I am new to this site as I just found out yesterday

that my father has MSA. Just to give a brief history my father has

been suffering from weakness in the legs for about 1.5 years, he has

rigidity and macular degeneration. He has fallen a few times in the

past few months. This has been very heartbreaking for us because,

just like all of your relatives, I am sure -- my father was a very

active man. My sister and I have been taking care of all his medical

appointments and translating for him (he is an Italian immigrant).

We are looking at bringing him to the Mayo Clinic to confirm the

diagnosis -- we are in Canada.

My question is -- who at the Rochester Mayo clinic should we see and

how do you tell your aging parent that this is happening to him?

We are just devastated and thank you for any suggestions, advise,

comments. . . . .

Carmel

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone, I am new to this site as I just found out yesterday

that my father has MSA. Just to give a brief history my father has

been suffering from weakness in the legs for about 1.5 years, he has

rigidity and macular degeneration. He has fallen a few times in the

past few months. This has been very heartbreaking for us because,

just like all of your relatives, I am sure -- my father was a very

active man. My sister and I have been taking care of all his medical

appointments and translating for him (he is an Italian immigrant).

We are looking at bringing him to the Mayo Clinic to confirm the

diagnosis -- we are in Canada.

My question is -- who at the Rochester Mayo clinic should we see and

how do you tell your aging parent that this is happening to him?

We are just devastated and thank you for any suggestions, advise,

comments. . . . .

Carmel