Because it is a progressive disease, Parkinson’s gradually gets worse over time. It is possible to make PD worse in very short order however. Particularly when there is a Partner who is making the Person with Parkinson’s feel worse, without even being aware of it.
My client is sad but composed. She has tried very hard to make it work out and is apologizing to me for “wasting” my time. My gentle admonition that any struggle to save a marriage stressed by PD was never wasted time brings a shrug. However, we are both aware there has been a shift in the work we have been doing. It is clear that our strategy will now be one of navigating through the shoals of guilt, recrimination, and grief that are inevitable when a couple needs to divorce.
Another marriage shattered by Parkinson’s.
