DuoDopa

Here is the link for peters coast to coast father dear. Love you many many lots https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Peter-Backx?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=fundraisingpage&utm_content=Peter-Backx&utm_campaign=pfp-share

   ABOVE big grin          she is a nursing assistant at the new hospital at  cramlington she  is always smiling but  will  smile  even  more if  you  contribute your dosh,

  This is my youngest daughter you  know  the  one  that  raised quite a hefty  sum  by  jumping  off  the  Tyne Bridge on a  zip wire  does anyone  remember  that  well  Jen and  Husband Peter have  sortd  out  thi   COAST  TO  COAST Fundraising event   cycling  across from  whitehaven to  ths side  raising  a LOTTAMUNNY for us in our  war with pd

                                                      see my  post coast to  coast on a piece of  toast no  this  is  not  a  boast  its  with me as your  host  will post   posts updating info  re distance to run tou  can  track  progress wiyh a  special coast to coast code how  far they   have  rode  I am cited  no  excited and even fans of  NUFC  Newcastle United have  pledged money sp  dip  your bunny  in  the   honey and  give  viz   ya  munny                  THANKS SQUILLIONS FRIENDS   FED

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 As  you  can  see this most  beautiful young Lady is in  fact my  Daughter Jennifer,  her husband Peter and  his mate are doing the  Coast to  Coast cycle route to  raise  money  for  our cause  which  is  the defeat  ,,well  delegs  infact  all  of  our  body  free  of    BLACKHEART  now when I tell you  that Peter  was knocked off  his  motorbike  14 yrs  ago  and it  was  50-50 he would  lose his right leg,  but  he  did  hang  onto  it while the sturgeons  work,,,,,what,,,, what  do  you  say   its  a  fish  you  cant  go  around saying,,,,,   what  errrm  hmmm..bugg@R   sorry  surgeons worked away for 12 hrs to save it,  so  he  has  a lot  of  discomfort and  pain especially  when  its  cold  and  damp and  you  can  virtually be  certain  it  will  be  both,  Jenny and my son have walked the streets handing  out leaflets informing folk  of  their  plans  and  my  grand  children also  its  not  the  first  time  Jen  has  raised  money  for  the  fight,,  she   did  a  zipwire  from one side  of  the  tyne bridge  right  across  to  Gateshead,  if  she  decides  to  do  something  it  gets  done,  so  cmmon  kind  folks,, ITS  FOR  US  AFTERALL, Dont dissapoint my  little lassie  it  doesnt  have  to   be  hundreds  though  that  would  match  my  contribution,  and  no  middle men  it  all   goes  to parky  research  every  last sickspense, so  dig  deep  fellow  pdians,  dig  deep.

                                                            Kindest  regards  FED4big grin

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                   Hello my  post answer to  my  daughters  kind  gesture I  mistakenly typed in  three or  four of  this  thread, please  read it  thankyou

                                                                                                FED4big grin

 

 

      

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                          Who could refuse such a pretty  one im  putting a ton on the site  so  can   we  cough up  whatever  you  can  spare  many  thanks

                                                                                                FED4big grin

 

            Hello  I have just started  a bothersome two  week  trial in  which I am  supposed  to  drink 3litres of liquid, every  day,  now  this  is  suprisingly hard  to  do, I have  bladder  trouble  so  have  been told  to  drink a large  quantity for me,,  however I  have the Duodopa  system and  im  thinking  the  pd  has  worsened  since  this  trial started  bear  in  mind Ddopa  delivers Levadopa right where  its  needed,  my  small intestine could the  increase of  fluid  be   flushing  the  Levadopa  out   of  my  system,  any opinions  welcome.

                                                FED4

 

  

HiFEDEXLIKE4

good morning.  Sorry to hear that you are under the weather at the moment.

i agree with you about drinking so much fluid. If I do this I feel lIke it is so hard to walk around taking a great big bucket of water slurping around me.

Hope you are feeling better soon.

Casie

 

not sure if this will be of help to any of you - my wife went on the Duo Dopa treatment earlier this year after managing PD with oral medication for 18 years - she has found the treatment to be a great help making a difference to getting about and carry out some tasks around the house - initially (after the day pump was removed) nighttime became a problem for us both despite taking Half Sinemet the tremours returned she switched off completely making any visits to the bathroom difficult - her Duo Dopa Nurse suggested going  on the Duo Dopa treatment for 24hrs. which she has done changing to a different pump at night as the setting are different to the Day Pump - this has worked out well - please dont hesitate to ask if you have any queries we will try and help     

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                          Just to be sure, has any one contributed to the money  eater thing my daughter , all you hav to do is click on the blue script  tell it that you  ere giving a £1 or £3 or £5 or £8.55p or £10 or £12 or £22 or £32, or whatever you can spare come on guys, my lovely kind big hearted youngest child,born 9  2  74  so this 43 yr old  Young Lady has walked miles asking folks to contribute she is  so determined that  a a substantial sum will be raised she was in the  local precinct shopping centre and had been there some time  and rather like Casie and  Golden Girl  ,by the way GG  I think your user name matches your personality perfectly I have been reading youur posts from way back and ddespie  the  most Horrible of evil nasty Horrorabilist wicked cruel  nasty wickedness that you have had to wade through you are always posting sensible but great to read forcefull arguments about GT ,DP,AND THE LEADER  of that evil trio  yes must not leave  out BAS???Do PD   BLACKHEART  the cause of all my and yours and all who on this Exellent Forum  YES PARKINSONS, sorry well I like  good  rant as well you know, the main rant on this post is  te lack of  enthhusiasm for my  Lovely Daughter Jennifers attempt to  generate  few £2000, QUIDS well we dont xpect to raise that amout I am giving her £1oo when she calls after a trip to the vetinaryrryvetenharry, to get her two little powerhouses of energy teddy and  betty  there  antihorribbledog disases  or  ven  diseases, J*78

ABS and I am  going to have  to tell her that no one seems interested in  contributing so come on you fantastic folks oh and  dont forget her husband PETER and his mate Nick who are BIKING PEDAL CYCLOMBIELS F THE TOUGH HEAVY DUTY TYPE from WHITEHAVEN  Cumberland to TYNEMOUTH   Northumberland, or Tyne andWear if you prefer they have  pedallled hundrespdsosllly of many mileovilably  losingly muchoweighto duringly  pracisamo fortheventure, , I tell you these guys  are trying very hard lets show the some support it does not have to be bank busting  think of those massivehearted blokes  battling there way across england  FOR  US

                                       FOR US  JENNY JUMPED  OFF THE TYNE  BRIDGE ON A ZIP WIRE AND BELIEVE ME   I  WOULD NOT  HAAVE  DONE  THAT  FOR 

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                         41/2 YRS since Ddopa was fitted and it was a sure fire hitted (I KNOW but it rhymes) I had my doubts but a few hard clouts  and after a  few tests FED4 was kitted ( out) with the device which at first werent nice but necessity is the mother of Ddopa and I  just  had  to  cope a , and  now I am  used so if Im  excused Im  going for  a  tooth  out just  to  add a  little  extra,  well  no  gain  without  pain, not  if  I can escape and be  home  again. that is.

                                               What  do  you  think of that  Lady  J

                                                              FED4

 

             Well I had to have a tooth extracted yesterday now the only thing I hate  more than and fear more than the dentist is well another  dentist or should I say I  used to feel that way until the  last  year now im not feart at all  the reason is  the  monster that haunts me day and night BLACKHEART and the  pain in my  spine is pushing me ever  closer to  the  terrible depression the  comes  free  when  battered day  after day no let up no respite also the incompetance of gp surgeries and hospital  reception means I have yet  another form  to fill in to  get  me  back into the long wait for release from  the pain, which  started last  june,  my god  if  these people could experience the  hellish combination I have to carry,  we  have  to  carry  they would  take  more  care with the  paperwork, I know Im not a special  case and deserve no  concessions  when having any form of illness   but when I read on this  forum of  good  people being denied the  care they desperately  need, it makes me so angry after all not everyone is computer literate not  everyone has a PC , and I need help this pain is the worse by far I have ever endured, it  feels  like bone  on  bone cool

 

                      Heh Hoh on we go  FED4

 

                I  was attending N T G H  yesterday and was seen  by  a  most  senior member of  the  Anti Parky Army  Prof @@@@@, and a new  nurse specialist plus 1 student,  after  some  conversation especially the  horrifying back pain now my thigh  muscles appear to  be trying to  pull themselves away  from   their mountings every  movement  is undiluted horrifying pain so  I endured that  visit and  as  things were  winding down I was told the sad very bad news "no more  funding  for Duodopa , those of us who  have  it will  keep  it but anyone not already accepted will not  receive this  excellent peace of kit,  now  thats  from  one  of  the best teams in  the  uk,  but I dont  think it will stop there those of us already using the  system  will  more  than  likely be  asked  to  pay half  the  costs or  more  so  once  again  the  poor will have  to  lose  out,  the  wealthy wont, I dont know  how they  expect  folks  who  are  on  the  bread  line to  pay  thousands in  order to  keep  their  Dds, to  eat  and  heat plus all the cassets at  least 2pday,I am going  to  try and  find more  info  on  this terrible  news,  apparently  the  makers  have  increased the  per  unit price

                                                                                                                              FED4

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                                     I am  dissapointed that no one has brought a smile to my  lovely  daughters face,surely even is these  days of austerity (for some)  theres a loose fiver in  your pocket it would make  her  day  and  mine if  I could  say  ,,so  and  so  from  the  Forum  has contributed  and  she  would be so so pleased n,,mind you  it   wont   be  a  first  for  Jenny ,husband Peter bought  her a 2nd  hand rocket  ship  with  the plan  of making the great land of  the  Geordies          GEORDIELAND    one of  the leading leaders leading the   space race  it cost a  bit  £27.63p   she was OVER THE  MOON  with it   we posted  flyers  opened web sites robbed  banks and  post offices but £122.34p  WERENT PLENTY

            yes  yes did  you get  it ,SHE WAS OVER THE  MOON  ahh haa, WE WERE GOING  TO   BUY  A PUB UP  THERE WTH   GREAT  VIEWS  OF  EARTH BUT IT  JUST  HAD  NO  ATMOSPHERE,      HA  HAAAAHH HAsad face

                            

Have you finished hi-jacking this thread FX? If you want people to donate to your daughters fund bank, do it on a stand alone thread. Pestering folk won't help either!

As someone that has been receiving Duodopa for 4-5 years, you could be contributing more advice on the thread subject matter than herding fellow Parkies on a guilt trip for not donating money! 

I personally pay into several charities (nothing like on the scale that you endorse) and I don't need to feel pressured into paying more that I can afford.

By the way, expressing gossip that Duodopa funding has stopped is rather scare mongering. It may well have stopped in your tyneside care trust but it doesn't necessarily mean that its stopped in other areas. Come to think of it, why are you so privy to NHS funding? Are you on the National Board?

I have to say I agree, Pokermid.

My son runs a half-marathon every year to raise money for Parkinsons but I wouldn't ask PWP or their carers  on here to sponsor him.  Most of them contribute in other ways.

His family and friends do that.

But hats off to the girls for their efforts!

GG

 

 

 

 

        Well its obious that  you  have not  taken  the post posted  re- the coast   to  coast cycle ride in  the  manner it is meant  to  be received Mr Pokermid most if not all  my  contributions to the forum have a element of  humour of one kind or another of  course people do  not  have   to support the  two  guys if  they do  not wish to  do   so  that is  their prerogative and I am  pleased you  contribute to  charities of  your  choice, and they will be delighted in  turn  to receive your  much  valued donations however I    am  1 or 2  possibly 3  charity  supporter the main recipient is  Parkinsons for  obvious reasons  Children in need and  the Local animal charity these are my chosen  charities I hope you  are  not  too   shocked  by  my   choices, also you are absolutely correct in your  observations of   my  tendency to  drift off   thread it  has  again obviously annoyed  you  and  GG  well for  that I apologise however I am absent minded and forgetful and   I know I post  in  the wrong  slot at  regular  intervals its simply  I begin  to  type   and  dont  stop in case  the  work  vapourises  which  still occurs and that really  annoys,  other  than  that I  am a placid easy going sort of guy  ( often as a result of PD)  though  fighting the  evil pig  of  a  disease I will attempt all  and  every  way to persuade folks  to  part  with  their  monies if   it  annoys  so  be  it  ,SHY  BAIRNS GET  NOWT,  meanwhile the plans are   firmed  up  and I  for  one am  proud  of  the Lads and   what they are  doing, so thank you   for  your  critical evaluation  I will attempt using  max  boost  on  Ddopa  to  mend  my  ways and regarding the   "gossip" , well it comes from a very very reliable    source indeed as  my  hearing is  a  bit  duff I asked for confirmation with  added anxiety as I thought it  was withdrawing all of the  support in  total  including existing members of  the Dd club which of course would be impossible  for  me  to continue leaving  myself and  others immobile as  the  device is  mainly used when  all  other meds  have  been  tried and found  wanting,  so  for  a  while  my  heart  sank,  but no if  you  have  it  you  keep  it,  make  no  mistake  I am aware of  the   cost not  only  of  fitting but  also the  casset  supplies which  are  also  expensive plus I have to  wear mine   through the  night  or  I  wake needing the   loo,, and  cannot move a muscle at  first when I learned of the cost I  was undecided if   I should go  ahead and  carried a  burden of  some  guilt  for  a  while, until it  was  explained that the  drugs combination I was  taking  was  not  far  behind  Dd costwise, I no  longer  need  them, so   there is some saving, I dont  know why I am having to  explain myself here  unless  you think I am making  it  up, the Tories are  cutting  cutting  cutting away at NHS   budgets and Benefits and  for  anyone to actually  think I am   making  it  up ,  well  I  cannot think of any  reason to carry  out such scare mongering its  just beyond belief , I will  now spend  my  time verifying this  awful discovery and  if  wrong I will  resign from  the  Forum immediately

                                                         FED4

 

 

             Well after a little investigation ( which I should have done first), NHS England are continuing    fund  Duodopa, some areas of the UK are less impressed than  others  but no  withdrawing funds is to be  found  apart from Scotland where one patient is losing his  treatment , how  can  they  do  that ? so  my  appologies to all who will have been  alarmed by my post a  mistake that will not  repeat in any  shape or  form as  I regrettably now  resign from this  Forum.

                   Friends who have my email address may continue to contact me if  they wish

                                    Goodbye            FEDexlike4

Hi FedEx,

How are yo doing today.  I wouldn't  like to be in your way when you are in a thunderous mood - oh no! I've a husband to  who has honour.

Hope  tomorrow brings you a better and sunny day. 

By the way, I'v e been given an admission date again and I have a feeling this time it wIl happen"

all the best for now!,

Casie

 

Hi Fedexlike4,

I am really sorry that you have come to the decision to quit the forum and would like to ask you to reconsider. It's not the first time that there have been differences of opinion between forum members and everyone has ups and downs all the time. Some forum members might have been alarmed by what they thought was news about Duodopa funding, but if that is found to be incorrect it can be put right simply by finding and sharing the facts, as you have done.

It would be a shame for you to leave when you can still benefit from the support you get from other forum members, and to lose the support you do give other forum members. That is what the forum is there for, after all: to support all members on good and bad days.

I sincerely hope that you continue to use the forum.

Best wishes,
Mara
(Moderation team)

 

Hi Fedexlike4,

I also wish you would reconsider your decision to leave.I do enjoy reading your posts and I am sure there are also many others who would miss your postings.Please reconsider!!

Thank you,Anne29.