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September 25-26, 2017 Chicago, USA
3
rd
International Conference on
Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders
Volume 7, Issue 5 (Suppl)
J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism, an open access journal
ISSN: 2161-0460
Parkinson 2017
September 25-26, 2017
J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2017, 7:5 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460-C1-031
Managing Life with Parkinson’s disease before and after deep brain stimulation surgery
Nirmalendu Bandyopadhyay
and
Ranjita Bandyopadhyay
Calcutta University, India
P
arkinson’s disease is a highly destabilising disease and comes down as a curse not only to the victim but to his or her family
members and relatives. It is incurable and tends to destroy the quality of life .Therefore, the affected family and the victim
should not surrender , instead should accept this as an opportunity to invent and practise new systems in their daily life that
will overshadow the ill effects of the disease. Activities like regular get together of family members, friends, well wishers ,
celebrating birthdays and anniversaries should be held regularly to reduce the risks of PD. Visits to nearby touirist spots ,
picnic etc will help to overcome the drudgery and infuse freshness in the mind of the victim. My wife was first diagonised
with PD in 2004 and she was put to prescribed medication which improved her condition. But I studied a lot on the disease
and knew that it will progress with time and a stage will come when she will be near immobilised. So, I started planning for
other forms of changes in daily life. Being an Engineering professional, I was invited at various international conferences to
present papers. Some organisers readily agreed to bear the cost of my wife’s visit along with me which helped us to network
with many participants and later there was regular skype talk with many of them after the event. Thus, on return, we felt fresh
and invigorated. During this 12 years till 2016, I had the opportunity to participate at about 12 events and she also got the
opportunity to come out of her mental block due to the disease. In he year 2012 she has underwent a deep brain stimulation
surgery , a major and highly expensive treatment . Post this surgery, her tremor has completely disappeared and she is feeling
that her life is improving . Though she needs help- in walking and movements but her spirit is very high . At this event we
request the organiser to let her participate and read out her own story of how she is facing the ordeal with courage and firtitude.
nbandyopadhyay@hotmail.com