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Wow. He has a great perspective. Hard not to like him as a person.
I hate to hear this for him, but my GOODNESS I love his testimony right there!!
Ex-coach Richt says he has Parkinson's disease
Former Georgia and Miami coach Mark Richt said on social media that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
I pray he will do as well as possible in these circumstances. He is a very fine person.
It's a mix of good news bad news. The Good news, he isn't dying anytime soon. Bad news, he has to live with Parkinson's rest of his life and it can be a long life. As long as you can get diagnosed early, you can still live a long productive life.
My father had Parkinson's, diagnosed late and passed away at age 77 within 4 years. My uncle had it diagnosed early, lived with Parkinson's for 25 years until he passed away at the age 82. My father-in-law also had Parkinson's, just passed away at the age 91 with complications from Parkinson's. He was diagnosed at the age 79 and passed away at 91. Normally you don't die with Parkinson's. You pass away from complications of Parkinson's. Michael J Fox has had it for 30 years or so.
Doctors don't anything about Parkinson's back in the 90's. I diagnosed my father with Parkinson's and took him to Duke University to see the best and brightest. The doctors at Duke dismissed my diagnosis it because 1, I wasn't a doctor and 2, Parkinson's isn't hereditary. They were wrong ob both cases and he ended up having Parkinson's for a couple of years earlier before they diagnosis my father with Parkinson's. I have a personal stake on this Parkinson's disease.
I think the key for Mark Richt is try to stay active and move around, along with medicine.
www.michaeljfox.org
www.parkinson.org
My father had Parkinson's, diagnosed late and passed away at age 77 within 4 years. My uncle had it diagnosed early, lived with Parkinson's for 25 years until he passed away at the age 82. My father-in-law also had Parkinson's, just passed away at the age 91 with complications from Parkinson's. He was diagnosed at the age 79 and passed away at 91. Normally you don't die with Parkinson's. You pass away from complications of Parkinson's. Michael J Fox has had it for 30 years or so.
Doctors don't anything about Parkinson's back in the 90's. I diagnosed my father with Parkinson's and took him to Duke University to see the best and brightest. The doctors at Duke dismissed my diagnosis it because 1, I wasn't a doctor and 2, Parkinson's isn't hereditary. They were wrong ob both cases and he ended up having Parkinson's for a couple of years earlier before they diagnosis my father with Parkinson's. I have a personal stake on this Parkinson's disease.
I think the key for Mark Richt is try to stay active and move around, along with medicine.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today.
www.michaeljfox.org
Homepage
The Parkinson’s Foundation makes life better for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) by improving care and advancing research toward a cure.
www.parkinson.org
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Wow… That is awful. I always liked Mark Richt, even when he was coaching a team I hate. That is a rarity… Sad news indeed.
I have a personal connection and I will leave it at that. Coach Richt is as classy and humble in private as he is in public. I pray he does well.
pepsicock
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I liked Mark Richt . He played a few years ago when he could had scored 80 points on us. But he laid low . Class guy Bad news
I wish things would have gone better for him at UM. I understand he has moved back to Athens. I wish the University would find a way to use him. They couldn't find a better spokesmans.
I believe he resigned from Miami because Miami wanted Mark to fire his son (Jon) and he refused.
Sad . I’ve never heard anyone say a bad word about him . Even the UGA fans who ran him out had nothing but glowing things to say about him as a role model and mentor . He’s definitely one of the good guys . Prayers to him and his family
It just seems that way, Brother, because those are the cases that prick our hearts.
Georgia didn't deserve him
USCBatgirl21
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I would have loved for us to hire him when UGa sent him packing. I've always liked CMR. Good man, and very enjoyable to look at.
