THIS IS GOING TO HURT.

HI JOURNAL,
THIS IS GOING TO HURT.
AN OBSERVATION, SUBJECT - MALE, AGED 57, WITH PARKINSON'S CONDITION. EX SCHOOL TEACHER.
HE IS IN A NURSING HOME, HAS BEEN THERE FOR ONE YEAR.                              
THIS IS OUR FIRST VISIT. HE RECIEVES FEW VISITS.
HE IS SO OVERWEIGHT, HOW MANY OF MY PEERS ARE OVERWIEGHT? NOT MANY, IF ANY.
HIS MEDICATION TAKES AGES TO KICK IN. WHEN IT DOES, HE MOVES REASONABLE WELL, INFACT QUITE WELL.WHILE WAITING FOR KICK IN, WE SWAP STORIES.
HE EXHIBITS A FATALISTIC ATTITUDE, SAYS HE IS POSITIVE PERSON,                 YET I SEE NOR HEAR NO EVIDENCE OF THIS. HE IS DEEPLY RELIGEOUS AND SAYS HE RELIES ON HIS FAITH TO SEE HIM THROUGH.
HE IS A VERY NICE GUY AND EASY TO TALK WITH, WE ENJOYED A GREAT CONVERSATION AND WE WILL BE VISITING HIM AGAIN.
STUNNED BY HIS APATHY AND LACK OF EFFORT, HIS WEIGHT, WE PONDER. HAS HE GIVEN IN, IS HE CONSUMMING TO MUCH PROTEEN, IS THIS WHY HE            IS SO OVERWEIGHT AND WHY HIS MEDS TAKE SO LONG TO KICK IN. SADLY HIS ATTITUDE CLEARLY INDICATED HE HAS GIVEN IN.
BEFORE OUR NEXT VISIT, WE WILL BE SEEKING ADVISE ON THE BEST APPROACH.
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