Swimming Q & A
The above picture, showing me swimming laps in the 2nd lane on the left, appeared in the NY Times in March, 2016, in the real estate section’s article and photo spread […]
Parkinson’s Disease
More Potential Dangers for LGBTQ Parkies
Last week I reviewed a host of issues concerning Parkinson’s disease and the LGBTQ community; it was a follow-up on an earlier post I wrote shortly after the World Parkinson Congress
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Inequities in Parkinson’s Disease Medical Treatment
John L. Lehr, the chief executive officer of the Parkinson’s Foundation, recently published an article titled “Working Toward a World Without Parkinson’s Disease.” The first paragraph ends with these optimistic
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Gay, with Parkinson’s. An Update.
After the World Parkinson Congress last September in Portland, I posted a blog titled “Gay, with Parkinson’s. What are the Issues?” It basically elaborated on a list of issues that
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Individual Parkies Taking Charge
There’s been a bunch of articles recently about average Jane or Joe Parkies taking charge of their lives and speaking out. Shall we review a few? 1. Mike Wood Lifts
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Parkinson’s Ping-Pong Panacea
I’ve written about (click! click! click! click! click!) and have been frequently attending the weekly Parkinson’s night at the nearby Westchester Table Tennis Center. About ten Parkies come each
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“Time” for Parkinson’s
The online Time magazine has a great article on Margaret Bourke-White, the famous Life magazine photographer who developed Parkinson’s disease in 1953 and fought it tooth and nail so she could
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Drug Regimen Updated Again!
Here’s my latest drug regimen, which my neurologist updated to increase the Clonazepam and Nortriptyline, which should tamp down the anxiety that was ruthlessly ruling (rudely ruining? routinely uprooting?) my
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Tweak Your DBS Voltage with Your iPhone!
Paul Detlefsen, age 44, of Iselin, New Jersey, has had Young Onset Parkinson’s disease for eight years. Like a lot of us! However, he is the first person to be
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DBS Updates: Now Used for Depression, Too
DBS, or Deep Brain Stimulation, has been an option for treating Parkinson’s disease since the late 1980s. Basically, surgeons drill two holes in your skull and insert tiny wires into
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