fUTure OT2B

For this Neuro Note I chose to watch the movie Love and Other Drugs. The movie is centered around the romantic relationship of Jamie Randall, a womanizing drug rep, and Maggie Murdock, who has early onset Parkinson's disease. They meet while he is shadowing a doctor and Maggie is coming in for a checkup. She tells the doctor how it was hard to diagnose her at such an early age and it is later revealed that she has stage 1 parkinsons disease. Her doctors first thought it was an  essential tremor, then wilson's disease, then huntingtons, syphilis, a brain tumor, and then finally she was diagnosed with stage 1  parkinsons. Jamie gets Maggie's number from the receptionist and they go on a date, where we see Maggie moving her hand uncontrollably. Jamie asks her if she has a resting tremor and asks if it comes and goes. She ignores him and shrugs it off. After this they begin a sexual relationship. Jamie revels to Maggie that he has a diagnosis of attention deficit disorde...

For this assignment I chose to watch a Ted Talk called Facing Death Full of Life by Danielle Valenti. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JRwCdmewl0. Valenti starts off her speech by talking about her mother passing away around a year ago from the 'scary genetic disorder' called Huntington's Disease. Valenti's mother somehow hid her diagnosis from her family until a year before her death. I'm sure that the genetic component of the disease pushed her to do this so her family would not be scared. Valenti explains the fact that if someone's parent has the disease, their children have a 50 percent chance of inheriting it. If the gene is inherited, there is a 100% chance of becoming symptomatic at some point in life. She describes the disease as a combination of ALS, Parkinson's, and  Alzheimer's. Valenti asks the audience to envision something that they truly love, and watching it slip away from them while they are loosing their mind and body. This connected ba...

Eryn Lobo Client: Joe O’Brien DOB: 44-45 years old Date: April 17, 2018 Occupational Profile Reason the client is seeking OT services and concerns related to engagement in occupations (may include the client’s general health status) Joe is seeking OT services because he wants to keep his job as a policeman, manage his chorea, contain his emotional outbursts, manage his depression stemming from his diagnosis with Huntington’s Disease, and because of a general decline in his wellbeing. Joe has a diagnosis of HD and has only told two of his colleagues. He wants to be able to manage his symptoms in order to keep his job. He experiences being in perpetual motion due to chorea, loss of balance, reduced dexterity, and in his late stages slurring his words. Joe is suicidal and upset about his children JJ and Meghan inheriting the gene from him and worried that his other children Katie and Patrick might have it. He wants to be able to ma...