I just got this joke in my email and since it seems so appropriate, I thought I would share with all of my fellow sufferers!:

The reason why baby diapers have brand names such as "Luvs" and "Huggies", while undergarments for old people are called "Depends".

When babies poop in their pants, people are still gonna Luv'em and Hug'em.

When old people poop in theirpants, it "Depends" on who's in the will.

There, now, wasn't that simple?

@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member....no need to apologize. We all need to vent and so many times the right people don't want to listen. I will; in fact we all will. Hugs to you

I have faecal incontinance too. And I wish I didn't hav it because it causes embarrassment, and collective embarrassment , so I have not . It is caused by the medication I am on, and I am on Carbilev 3 times a day and Dponecept (which causes the incontinence) once a day. It's hard to believe but there you have it!

There is SO much information out there that is good. I am getting a little sick of educating my doctors, though. Basically, any muscle ( voluntary ---moving your fingers, for example; and involuntary----like breathing) works by receiving information from the brain via nerves. PD is a disease that affects our brain and our entire nervous system. So, basically, nothing in our bodies is immune from being affected!

Thanks Jack. Make sure you set up an account and they'll send emails to you. It's been very helpful to me. It also has things for caregivers and that's been helpful to me. How not to overwhelm the caregiver. I now Make list so that When I have appointments that we can take care of other things while out. It saves on multiple trips.