The Sinemet Hunger Game – Round 2
A few weeks ago I wrote about the intense hunger I feel multiple times during the day, and about my need to balance eating when I’m hungry with making sure my […]
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Parkinson’s Disease
Reader Response: Effects of Physical Activity on Parkinson’s Disease
Today I am responding, via my six Reader Response Questions, to a published report titled The Effects of Physical Activity in Parkinson’s Disease: A Review. It was written by Martine
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Parkinson Pantheon Update: Dave Parker
American baseball great Dave Parker was, like me, diagnosed with PD four years ago. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette just posted an article about how he’s dealing with PD at the four-year mark,
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Parkinson Pantheon Update: Janet Reno
Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. Attorney General, just passed away from complications arising from Parkinson’s disease. She was diagnosed in 1995, but continued to work long
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Reader Response – Shadow Over My Brain
As I posted earlier, I’m now reviewing books and articles about PD, using a reader response format that I created for students at my school, the Bronx Charter School
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Update: Bruce’s Drug Regimen
I saw my neurologist yesterday and showed her my recent “Sinemet Hunger Game” post. She laughed at the title, said I ate healthy foods, then went about calibrating a new
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The Sinemet Hunger Game
Lately my body’s been waging a war within itself. The two opponents are (1) the need to take another tablet of Sinemet (carbidopa-levodopa) because the effects are wearing off, and
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Pour Another Cup
As I recently blogged, I’m going to read and respond to books and articles about Parkinson’s disease via a reader response format that we use with students at my school,
Change #3 After the World Parkinson Congress: Deeper Reporting. Case #1: Yuma Bev
I realized at the recent World Parkinson Congress that I should be reading more books and articles about PD, and that my blog posts could dive more deeply when I
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Donald Trump Courts the Terminally Ill…
…and the audience laughs.
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