Run For Your Lives!
First off, notice how the Nike swoosh on my T-shirt echoes, in a way, the curved blade on the Grim Reaper’s scythe. I wonder if I’m the first person to […]
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Parkinson’s Disease
Combatting Anxiety by Writing Poetry
Problem: It’s the holiday season. I live in a town with steep hills. It just snowed. This wouldn’t bother most people, but my Parkinson’s anxiety works non-stop, so I’m quivering
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Parkinson’s Aggravations #287 & #288
There’s always something new to discover as you wend your way down Parkinson’s primrose path. And it’s often aggravating. Here are two items that I added to my list this
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Sweden’s Hospital/Hotels
Sweden, since the 1980s, has run “patient hotels,” which serve as a hospital/hotel combo for people who need some kind of monitoring by a doctor, but don’t really need to stay
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Reader Response: Exercise Mindset
Today I am responding via my Reader Response Questions to a webpage and video created by physical therapist Sarah King. This page/video discusses how people with Parkinson’s can motivate themselves
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Quelling Tremors One Hand at a Time
The BBC has a terrific video about a computer wizard in London who developed hardware and software that quell Parkinson tremors in the hand of Young Onset Parkie Emma Lawton.
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Gay, With Parkinson’s. What are the Issues?
Actually, I hope this is just the start of a conversation about what it’s like being LGBTQ and having Parkinson’s disease. Full disclosure: I’m gay, and I was diagnosed with
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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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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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