Man With Severe Parkinsons

[JJChicken]

That's easy to say when you're not the one in the painful position of watching a loved one deteriorate, imho.

It is painful, but you should rather rejoice in their life. I rather make their last moments worthwhile and try to cherish them, than think what could have been.

Obviously, if I'm ever in the situation, I'll find it extremely hard to follow my own advice, but it doesn't change the fact that it is true.

 

[bob4432]

That was a hoax.

was is proven to be? link?

 

[Nik]

 

[Wag]

Not funny Nik. Not funny at all.

Just pray you never get Parkinsons or any other disease.

 

[Nik]

relax, jesus

 

[gaidensensei]

I was wondering when that one was going to show up. Post#28, that took too long

 

[SludgeFactory]

Yeah, it seems strange, but it does make some sense. As it progresses, one of the classic Parkinson's symptoms is having trouble initiating movements, especially gait. Using visual cues, like lines or markers on the floor, or rhythmic cues like a metronome or "left right left" can help get them going. In this case, the guy is able to use the bike to provide some steady rhythm and inertia to keep himself moving.

 

[SludgeFactory]

was is proven to be? link?

Nobody should have to prove this was a hoax. The burden of proof should have been on all the moron anti-vaccine people who jumped on this.

It was almost certainly all in her head, and doctors thought so from the beginning. "The admitting neurologist felt that there was a strong psychogenic component to the symptomology"

There were physicians on talk shows soon after the video exploded -- stating that she was being used as a case study to teach residents about psychogenic dystonia.

Of course, none of this got the publicity of the original Inside Edition video. Months later, they had an update, ambushing her in a parking lot, and she put on a horrible half-British accent for the camera, at about the quality I'd expect of a brain-dead American girl who's put on the spot and trying to fake an accent to come up with yet another bizarro, one-in-a-million neurological symptom.

It's ridiculous that this freakshow went viral and did as much damage as it did to the public's perception of this particular vaccine, and vaccines in general. She apparently found a quack who "cured" her, and anti-vaccine whackos were actively involved in promoting her story for a while.

More links:

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-...socalled-vaccineinduced-neurological-problems (with vid of real dystonia)

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/11/has_desiree_jennings_vaers_report_been_f.php

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/11/desiree_jennings_cured.php

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=538978