Determining With Certainty Brett Favre has Parkinson’s Podcast addendum

I've had that discussion for over the past 12 years I don't have trimers I uh each time I go to see Dr verman at UAMS I keep bringing that subject up and he always comes back to the same answer because I'm doing uh the tests that are described in this podcast and uh the results are the same I uh have been determined to have Parkinson's I wonder why all the experts are missing that could it be uh the political uh issues that come up with uh someone staying in office past their time uh I'll let you determine that when you watch some of the videos and some of the reports that I've developed okay Dr Tu and bman uh I've been uh seen him for the last uh eight plus [Music] years you July 6 at 11:33 a.m. I have renewed questions about my Parkinson's diagnosis based on my appearance on My podcast no trimers many don't understand lower body PD also I never sense an issue if I failed to take Carbidopa levodopa on schedule like some report what are some of the other things was there any info from the gut lab I feel I have had a major personality change from introvert to extrovert anything else message from T and verman sent July 8th at 12:49 p.m. to in vermani July 8th at 12:49 p.m. we have discussed these I think at your most recent visit and in the past as well but to reiterate PD doesn't cause trimmers in everyone lopa can have a honeymoon period where people do not notice motor fluctuations for a variable length of time in different people I just responded to your questions about the gut study that personality can change in PD sometimes more outward but usually more reserved and socially isolated to talk more about those eight white house visits by the Parkinson's expert I'm joined tonight by Dr Tom pittz he's a quadruple board certified neurologist he sees patients with uh Parkinson's all the time he diagnoses it I I want to be completely transparent here you've never examined President Biden from from my knowledge you've never even spoke you spoken yet to president bid and and we're just going to use what we have so far which is what we've seen the president's interviews and the information coming out of the white house so my first question to you is as somebody who's a neurologist what you've seen from the president over the last two years what you saw at the debate the the last few interviews the way he speaks the way maybe he he walks have you noticed anything that that gives you a red flag as a doctor oh yeah I see him 20 times a day in clinic I mean it's ironic because he has just such classic features of neurod degeneration I mean word finding difficulties and that's not oh I couldn't find the word that's from degeneration of the word retrieval area he's also overcome stuttering though could could that could that be part of that too no this is not a palatal issue or a speech discrepancy which is very different from a lemono dysfunction actual retrieval where you pick a similar question or talk around the issue plus the rigidity um monotone voice wait go back to that the rigidity what do you mean rigidity loss of arm swing standing up lordotic you notice when he turns it's kind of end block turning it's not a quick turn um so that's one of the Hallmarks of parkinsonism is rigidity and brainia slow movement and he has that Hallmark especially with the uh low voices that was a cold hypophonia a small monotone voice like this over time is a Hallmark of parkinsonism I could have diagnosed him from across the mall here here are some of the the symptoms from from Parkinson we just had him up there on the screen if we can put him back um what about the movement some people have have have pointed out the way he walks sometimes it's not very fast small steps is that something that that is common in people who who are battling a disease like Parkinson it's a Hallmark shuffling gate we call that so little steps of loss of arm swing from the rigidity when we walk we have a nice Cadence you notice he doesn't really swing his arms an end block turning meaning he kind of pivots around his foot if you said hey President Biden he wouldn't go like this yeah but I also know I also don't tell me if I'm wrong here it's very hard to diagnose Parkinson's isn't it it's it's not it's not simple I mean I've heard that it can be one of the one of the easier movement disorders to diagnose actually but it's so Clinic there's there's very little other and I'm you know I'm a Democrat I always say about this it's just like this guy is not a hard case but I've had I've had relatives who have gone through issues neurological issues and I've heard that sometimes Parkinson's is not very easy to nail you have to take a lot of tests there's I mean uh early on if you're just present with like hallucinations that could be a variety of things or just the cognitive problems that could be Alzheimer's vers uh parkinsonism and that becomes a little nebulous but once you start manifesting the Hallmark motor symptoms right slow movement rigidity Mass faes hypophonia I mean if a med student did not pick Parkinson's on the test they'd be remediated so let me ask you if you had if you had you know and I know you can't you have no idea what happened in the white house but a neurologist coming eight times in eight months does that tell you anything is that is that I mean I know you're just you're just sort of speculating here but does that tell you anything or no well I mean I don't know if they're like the best of friends or something but that's a very specific you know he's a movement disorder that's a subp specialist in exactly what he has and there's very few young people like a marine guard most people would be medboarded out for any type of movement disorder at a young age like if you had Huntington's Korea early onset Parkinson's distonia bad potential Tremor you're usually medboarded out so I highly doubt there what does that mean medboarded out mean the military would not let you if you have seizures for example you cannot usually be in the military that is you are say you're saying you don't necessarily believe and and they're not saying this but they said there's thousands of military members that go to the White House treated there for for for health reasons you're not buying that that's a random military person no that would be very odd to just see a random movement disorder case at the White House you know especially a young guard there aren't many young people that have movement disorders that could be in the military and then you know a lot of people have called for a cognitive test what exactly would that entail what does that mean now that's the key because word finding retrieval doesn't necessarily mean you don't know what you want to say what I cannot comment on is his ability to make good decisions his motor symptoms are degenerating he has parkinsonisms that is a fact you know he has degeneration of the brain show me the MRI show me he doesn't you know put put your money where your mouth is he definitely has it but the problem is when you look at his situation you can't say oh I know for a fact that because he didn't retrieve the word he didn't know what he wanted to say and that's why both him and Trump should take the 4-Hour neuropsychological testing which is the Hallmark test for cognitive performance what do you do in this test a lot of things so for example they may have you say like say as many words as you can in a minute that start with f block building a retrieval I may I may say cup and have you recall it 3 minutes later uh Trail drawing these are done with a profession PhD in neuros psychology has nothing to do with Psychiatry and and we we can tell if you have V four hours long 4 hour it's a full day we tell people bring a snack it is a full day and that so not the mocha which was a bedside test that uh president Trump took you know these are tests that are screening tests they don't rule in you know if you do great there's no there's no way to sort of lied in this test to to to sort of Ace it even though you're sick no way this one will will uh it will come out in the wash for example if I do the bedside exam to a an accountant and I ask them what 100 - 7 even the worst neurod degenerated patient if they worked at a high education level or something like that is going to get that right but in the 4-Hour test it will come out finally I mean you said you're a Democrat you're a doctor you sound like you're frustrated with what the White House is saying yeah why well because you know I'm an American before everything and I look at it and say when I used to see Russia Soviet Union North Korea when they just make outrageous things you know like when when North Korea can't keep the lights on and they say oh you know it was some faulty power thing I kind of hate that kind of stuff they had four years my own party had four years to find you know this was a a wreck and slow motion and they had four years to find out of 350 Americans one person that could take the place and here we are the day before school trying to do the homework and replace a guy who's got a neurodegenerative disease Dr Pitts uh we thank you for joining top story and again I know you've never examined President Biden I want to say you never spoken to President Biden but you're you're going off what you've seen on on television and interviews and and all of your expertise doctor we appreciate that thanks for watching stay updated