u/East-Construction953

please help, any advice welcome

hello, sorry if this post is not where i should be posting but im 24F and my dad got diagnosed with parkinsons last year. i moved to a different country a few years ago which is where my mom lives and im just trying to make sense of it all. my moms health is also not well, theyre both pretty stubborn and quick to anger. right now hes taking Levodopa-carbidopa 3 times a day and it seems to be working, some days good some days bad but its hard to get much information out of him. recently he had an emergency surgery while on a trip (unrelated to his condition) and got a small infection after the surgery (which i was there for and took him back to the hospital) i flew out as soon as possible and i took care of him until we could fly back to where he lives together and flew back to japan when he was mostly back to normal. i tracked when he needs to take all his meds (theres a lot), spoke to his health insurance company, did everything he needed basically but it doesnt feel like enough. im so scared for both of them, im not sure what the right thing to do is. they both have bad health, and live alone in different countries. healthcare in america sucks and its hard to even get him an appointment not to mention that my mom and his family dont get along very well and im in the middle of it everytime. it causes me immense stress and emotional exhaustion and i dont know what to do. if anyone has any advice, please help me. im really not ready for them to die, i feel like im so young with not much "real life adult" knowledge and i dont know what to do.

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u/East-Construction953 — 4 days ago

please help

hello, sorry if this post is not where i should be posting but im 24F and my dad got diagnosed with parkinsons last year. i moved to a different country a few years ago which is where my mom lives and im just trying to make sense of it all. my moms health is also not well, theyre both pretty stubborn and quick to anger. right now hes taking Levodopa-carbidopa 3 times a day and it seems to be working, some days good some days bad but its hard to get much information out of him. recently he had an emergency surgery while on a trip (unrelated to his condition) and got a small infection after the surgery (which i was there for and took him back to the hospital) i flew out as soon as possible and i took care of him until we could fly back to where he lives together and flew back to japan when he was mostly back to normal. i tracked when he needs to take all his meds (theres a lot), spoke to his health insurance company, did everything he needed basically but it doesnt feel like enough. im so scared for both of them, im not sure what the right thing to do is. they both have bad health, and live alone in different countries. healthcare in america sucks and its hard to even get him an appointment not to mention that my mom and his family dont get along very well and im in the middle of it everytime. it causes me immense stress and emotional exhaustion and i dont know what to do. if anyone has any advice, please help me. im really not ready for them to die, i feel like im so young with not much "real life adult" knowledge and i dont know what to do.

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u/East-Construction953 — 4 days ago