Psychological adjustments.

But it's not just the physical side, it's the mental side as well. I think the mental side isn't probably as dwelt upon as it should be, because a lot of people get very depressed. Because at the end of the day, most people, like myself, we were active, well, sort of active. I went to work, you know, I went to work every day and, you know, no problems, did everything, you know, could organize my life around other people. I didn't have to think about anything, you know, I just, you know, I was sort of, you know, you have a normal life and all of a sudden you don't. And that can have a really, really devastating effect on you because at the end of the day, It doesn't matter what your health was beforehand. You know, I could be an alcoholic, I could have smoked, but I'm not smoking, I'm not drunk. Nothing would have changed the fact I had Parkinson's, nothing at all. Nothing in my lifestyle would have changed how I've ended up. You know, so I could have been an athlete, I could have been a complete slob, I could have been somewhere in the middle. I still would have got Parkinson's. And so that, and that can be hard to say. It's like, suppose if you get knocked down by a car and you become paralyzed. it's not only the physical thing, it's the mental thing of being someone who's relatively active with a normal life and then you don't, all of a sudden you don't. And I think, when I first went for my consultation, they offered me antidepressants, which I found really strange, I've never had antidepressants, I've never needed them. And I found that really strange, so I just said, no, I'm fine. Then after a while, and I suddenly thought, Well, yeah, how am I going to get depressed? You know, at some point I'm going to have to leave work. My life is going to change. And thankfully, I didn't get depressed. You know, two young kids, a nice wife. And, you know, moving here to Korea is amazing. I love this island. So all those sort of things help. You know, if I had been stuck in, on my own, in rainy London that floods, the drop of that, it seems, in a minute, and I couldn't get to the shops, I couldn't walk to the shop, I had nothing in the fridge, relying on other people. You know, would I become depressed? Possibly. So, you know, I think the mental health side is quite important. But not only that, and also the mental health of the people around you. Because all of a sudden, you know, like say if your husband was a normal, active man, like, you know, a normal, active man, and then all of a sudden he's not, And you shouldn't become, you know, going into work and a home carer. It has a massive impact on your family life or anyone's family life. It's not just me. My kids have never known me without Parkinson's. I've always had it at some point in their lives. For them, it's their normal. It's not Nancy's. she comes home, you know, I clean up as much as I can, I cook as much as I can. But there's some days that I just can't do it as well as I'd like and then she comes home and she has to do it. And so, you know, it's a strain on her as well. It's not just me, it's a whole family thing and I think that's also forgotten. That's also forgotten as well.