Rush--you should be ashamed of yourself.
The current controversial concerning Rush Limbaugh and Michael J. Fox has hit a sensitive nerve with me. My father died from the effects of Parkinson's Disease after suffering from it for many years . My Dad's struggle was very much like that of Pope John Paul II, and he died a few months later.
Parkinson's is a slow debilitating affliction. Since relatively few people suffer from it, it doesn't have the "popularity" of diseases like breast cancer or aids. There is no cure for Parkinson's, and only a few medications are available now that slow the disease down. If Rush Limbaugh knew anything about these medications, he would know that they do not work like aspirin. A person has to take them on a regular basis to get the effects. One or two days off the medication won't change the tremor--make it more or less pronounced. I find it hard to believe that a person would fake a tremor for political reasons. I also find it unbelievable that a person would chose to stop medication in order to suffer more tremors. There is nothing funny about losing control of your body like Parkinson's sufferers do. Rush Limbaugh shows his ignorance of Parkinsons when he believes that Fox made his disease look worse than it was when he made the commercial.
Another sad fact about the available medication for Parkinson's is that it loses its efficacy over time. Doses have to be increased when the tremor gets worse, and sometimes that doesn' work for long. As the disease progresses, the medication loses its power and the tremor increases. Sometimes a switch of medication may work, but there are only a few medications that make any difference. That is why research is so important. The fact the Michael J. Fox has made fighting Parkinson's his cause has increased the attention paid to this horrible disease. Stem cell research may provide a cure, or help develop better medications. It may not. But don't people who have this disease deserve the chance that a new treatment may be developed? Rush, keep your comments to politics. Leave the medical issues to the experts.
The following link has a lot of information about Parkinson's.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/detail_parkinsons_disease.htm
Parkinson's is a slow debilitating affliction. Since relatively few people suffer from it, it doesn't have the "popularity" of diseases like breast cancer or aids. There is no cure for Parkinson's, and only a few medications are available now that slow the disease down. If Rush Limbaugh knew anything about these medications, he would know that they do not work like aspirin. A person has to take them on a regular basis to get the effects. One or two days off the medication won't change the tremor--make it more or less pronounced. I find it hard to believe that a person would fake a tremor for political reasons. I also find it unbelievable that a person would chose to stop medication in order to suffer more tremors. There is nothing funny about losing control of your body like Parkinson's sufferers do. Rush Limbaugh shows his ignorance of Parkinsons when he believes that Fox made his disease look worse than it was when he made the commercial.
Another sad fact about the available medication for Parkinson's is that it loses its efficacy over time. Doses have to be increased when the tremor gets worse, and sometimes that doesn' work for long. As the disease progresses, the medication loses its power and the tremor increases. Sometimes a switch of medication may work, but there are only a few medications that make any difference. That is why research is so important. The fact the Michael J. Fox has made fighting Parkinson's his cause has increased the attention paid to this horrible disease. Stem cell research may provide a cure, or help develop better medications. It may not. But don't people who have this disease deserve the chance that a new treatment may be developed? Rush, keep your comments to politics. Leave the medical issues to the experts.
The following link has a lot of information about Parkinson's.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/detail_parkinsons_disease.htm
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