Yes thanks, on the advocate comment. I’ve in this role for about 10 years now,- been thru fractures at emerg, and about 5 or 6 trips by ambulance to emerg, times when i thought she was experiencing a bad TIA, it’s a judgement call, one you must make. Then there were the urinary tract infections. They produce dementia effect due to toxic blood. Then the visits to the specialists and the labs. It’s a learning curve where you must pay CLOSE attention, think independently, ask questions, and reason. I know you also understand that well. She was being way over medicated on BP meds (by 200%), that and probably to some degree the Lipitor, were actually causing the episodes that mimicked a TIA, (BP 200+/90) quite ironic. I found out it helps to see the right specialists. Mostly one must wake up to the responsibility required to understand what is actually going on (reality). No one else truly can or will, only those that are with the person, caring, watching them objectively, and observing day to day. (we do a lot of BP readings for example, when symptoms escalate)

Lastly, thanks for your reply, its was very thoughtful and points me in the right direction of observation and due diligence.
Cheers!
Donald

The geriatricianon did not prescribe any drug therapy for the illness saying that side effects from the treatment in her case could turn out to be worse than the condition itself. He suggested that the timeline for Parkinson’s being a mortal threat was far out in years.

My question is about the hot flashes you folks are experiencing. Do they come in waves? Mom has been experiencing this off and on. Sometimes a day here and there, then nothing for a month or two. This last week it has been really hitting hard, occurring every day for eight days. Not usually in the morning, but in the afternoon and on into the evening. She feels burning up and feels ‘sweaty’ but is not actually perspiring. My sister, listening to mom, says it sounds similar to someone describing the effects of menopause.

I just took mom’s temp at her insistence, even though i knew the outcome would be normal. It was 36C (96.8F). She was very stressed, and i could hear the stress in her voice and see it in her face. She is burning up half the time, and feeling sweaty, and then has the chills shortly thereafter. It’s very genuine. She is uncomfortable in her own skin and this is accompanied by some slight dementia, such as short term memory loss and a touch of confusion. The phenomena seems to me, neurological, as if something is playing havoc with her senses. Mom is never articulate at explaining or verbalising how she feels in plain or clinical terms, and furthermore, she doesn’t like to recognize that she has Parkinson’s in the first place, so it’s a little hard to discuss it openly.

Does this hot flash symptom get worse? or does it fade and return. Or is it completely unpredictable? Are there any triggers anyone is guessing at? – as none it seems are known. Is there a wave length? My gut feeling says it’s an indicator of Parkinson’s advancing. Just some questions i have.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts you may have.

It was not until we were using a national Center for Parkinson’s that we came upon a Neurologist who actually knew enough to be of significant help to Mary Ann.  Even then it took very many years before I heard mention of sweats being non-motor symptom of Parkinson’s — and the recognition that the non-motor symptoms could sometimes be even more debilitating than the motor symptoms.