I am always in awe when I think of how my husband, Ahman, has dealt with his illness diagnosis. Early onset Parkinson’s disease.
He was young at the time and had just started an independent medical career after years of supervised training. Ahman’s post-university career path included four years of medical school, three years of internal medicine residency, and a three-year fellowship. Some doctors go above and beyond in training, but since we already had three small children, Arman didn’t pursue a “super” fellowship.
Ahman had always dreamed of becoming a doctor, just like his father. However, he eventually decided to become a cardiologist because he found childhood cancer too emotionally challenging.
His passion and determination to become a doctor was evident to every patient and colleague who followed his path. After graduating, I was able to qualify as an internal medicine resident at Harvard University.
His dreams and passion continued as our family grew. Cleveland Clinic.
With each rotation he learned as much as he could about the topic. He was a voracious reader on all things related to medicine. He arrived ready to do his job each day, ready to answer any questions. To achieve this, he sacrificed sleep and never missed time with his family.Some residents of his program have so much in his head that it might explode. I was joking that I had knowledge of!
Before his medical career, he was the life of the party and also the most intelligent man in the room. It seamlessly balances leveraging. As a result, he earned an ace in every class and set curves in every premed and business course.
Ahman was overjoyed when he started practicing after years of training. Finally, it’s time to put all his knowledge and efforts to work. He shined one patient at a time and it was his time to change the course of his medicine.
But unfortunately he Diagnosed I have juvenile Parkinson’s disease and am only a few years into that phase of my career. To make matters worse, before breaking the news to his colleagues, some accused him of incompetenceThat period was difficult for him. He felt alone and unsupported, making his diagnosis all the more brutal.
Developing Parkinson’s at a young age is truly devastating, but the death of a carrier on top of that is like adding a cherry on top of a toxic sundae.
He wanted to continue practicing cardiology, but the unpredictability of Parkinson’s disease and his inconsistency medicine Made it completely unbearable.his Malaise and his foot measure Dyskinesia, or involuntary movements were just fatigue.He made the practice of diagnostic cardiac catheterization risky Intentional tremorMaintaining the pace and anticipation of seeing patients in the office has become nearly impossible. Spending weeks on-call in the cardiac intensive care unit was just out of the question and far too much for him to handle.
What was once easy and natural became painfully unattainable. He eventually bowed out and retired before turning 40.
It’s been over a decade since Ahman’s diagnosis. He began to slowly (but not completely) reconcile with Parkinson’s disease and the huge hole it left in his life when he ended his career.
Arman considers himself to be the “always full glass” type. Recently, I asked him, “What is the key to your positive attitude?”
He explained that he was wired that way. Or, as our kids say, “Dads are just different physiques.”
Ahman admitted that staying positive can be an uphill battle, but when you’re depressed, you have a great life and an incredible support system, and it can always get worse. He appreciates the time he was able to spend with our children. It’s a luxury he wouldn’t have had had he been a busy cardiologist.
In all the years since he was diagnosed, I have never heard him complain.
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