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Local husband, father reminds us to take care of our own health during pandemic

CINCINNATI (WKRC) – The coronavirus pandemic has reminded all of us who need to take care of loved ones that we also need to take care of ourselves. A lot has happened since Terry Donoghue had his Parkinson’s surgery, also known as deep brain stimulation. Donoghue had been caring for his wife, Marge, who is living with Alzheimer’s disease, and we were there to talk about his walk team that raises money for Alzheimer’s, called Marge’s Minions. When he watched his old interview with us, it drew his attention to the tremors that come with his diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. It's quite the contrast seeing him now. Donoghue walked into Mayfield Brain & Spine where we wanted to share more with his neurosurgeon, Dr. George Mandybur. “Terry is relatively typical of what we see in patients after Parkinson’s surgery with improvements in tremors, dyskinesias, speed of movement and decrease in medication use,” said Dr. Mandybur. Donoghue says he’s had all those improvements, which he so needed, this year. He had to place his wife in full-time care. He can only FaceTime with her now in this COVID-19 pandemic. “She just got worse and worse, and I couldn’t handle it. There was just no way, whether she shakes it or not. I just couldn’t take care of her, so I had to put her in a nursing home,” said Donoghue. “There are studies that looked at patients five and 10 years after deep brain stimulation surgery and still see improvements over what the normal progression is,” said Dr. Mandybur.