Doug and I left this morning for Jacksonville. After a year of trying, he had finally gotten an appointment at Mayo Clinic. I rode along for moral support and to take down any information that we were given. I was nervous, but Doug felt very good about it as he said that this was just the next step in his health journey. The campus for the clinic was large and I was thankful for the signs that directed us to the correct building. It was very beautiful with white buildings, open spaces and cypress trees everywhere.
We didn’t have to wait long to get in to see Dr. Dewey. He was very nice and extremely knowledgeable. He spent an hour and a half going over all the information that we had to give him, performing a physical test on Doug and answering any of our questions. The diagnosis he came up with didn’t surprise us - Early Onset, Tremor Dominant Parkinson. It was scary to think about Doug having a neurological degenerative disorder, but the doctor gave us hope. Although there wasn’t a cure, there were medications for us to try and other procedures that could calm the tremors. Dr. Dewey said that of all of the types of Parkinson’s, this was the best one to have. As I looked at Lou Gehrig’s picture hanging on the wall, I realized that we were lucky. There were a lot of worse diagnosis that we could receive. I will have to remember that as I digest today’s news.
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