Re: Maripex and suicide

[Ned <ned@xxxxxxxxx>]

Doctorwine@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Dear Shari.
>         I tried to answer your father's questions by answering him - hope you 
> saw
> those.  I, too, will try to be brief.  You wonder about what to talk with
> your father  if/when it doesn't work, or at least, live up to his
> expectations.  You mention Mirapex, but it could be any of the medications.
>  While PD is chronic, degenerative and progressive, it is not entirely
> without hope.  Research gets us collectively closer to a solution of the
> mysteries, and possibly a cure every day.  Research in other fields
> constantly expands our outlooks and tempers our disappointments and
> depression.
>         The wife of our PD treasurer committed suicide a couple of years ago, 
> and
> did it ever stir up the conversation.  She chose a home method from the
> Monarch Society.  Her husband assisted her, and the fact that her son is an
> attorney kept the local police and coroner investigation short and
> non-sensationalized.  My point in telling this story is that there are folks
> within the PD community who will be glad to talk with your father about his
> many options, suicide being only one.  What I learned from this episode was
> that even though I didn't feel that she gave all of her doctors enough
> chances to help her, she still was in charge of her own life, even to ending
> it.
>         The other point I would try to make is that even though you are now 
> very
> involved in your parents' lives, when and if the time comes that your father
> would rather end his life rather than continue it, you needn't be the angel
> of death.  You will know what you are comfortable with.
>         Best wishes for better days, hope and a fighting spirit,   Don
> Penny


what is the monarch society?

thanx
ned bridges