Liking Biking!
Here’s a short video touting the benefits of biking as a way of reducing your Parkinson’s symptoms! Too bad they make you sit through an advertisement first! I’d rather be […]
Parkinson’s Disease
Cognitive Problems: Not So Scary
According to this video produced by the National Parkinson Foundation, cognitive problems for Parkies are not so severe or scary until you’re very old, at which point many people, Parkies
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Book Blurb: My Degeneration
I just finished the graphic novel “My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson’s” by Peter Dunlap-Shohl. I read it on the train yesterday and today, and now am sorting through all
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Gearing Up for Portland! 4th World Parkinson Congress!
Over the next few weeks I’ll be upgrading the Parking Suns website to concentrate more on the upcoming World Parkinson Congress in Portland, Oregon (Sept 20-23, 2016). Once the new year
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Well, duh!
The New York Times has a tiny article reporting on a 25-year study that looked at the relationship between mental acuity and watching television. As you might imagine, at the
“The New Yorker” Nails My Life Again!
I just got home from work, opened the new New Yorker, and sat down with the magazine and a glass of Merlot. I started flipping through the pages when this
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Duopa – The Next Stage?
I’ve blogged quite a few times about the pros and cons of being on Sinemet (carbidopa/levodopa). Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! My prose about the pros is that when
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Rock On, Rock Steady!
Although I’m down on professional sports which lead to head injuries that later lead to Parkinson’s disease (e.g., boxing and football), I’m up on Rock Steady, a boxing program for people
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PD Drugs “On” vs. PD Drugs “Off”
On three occasions recently I had to go for long, seemingly interminable stretches of time without taking my PD drugs. It’s shocking how quickly I became miserable and lame. In two
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Ann Romney & Boston – A Nice Reflection
I previously posted about Ann Romney‘s website, 50MillionFaces.org, where people who have been touched by Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, ALS, brain tumors, or Alzheimer’s can upload a picture and a short paragraph about
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