The Sun in Poetry
When I Rise Up When I rise up above the earth, And look down on the things that fetter me, I beat my wings upon the air, Or tranquil lie, […]
Parkinson’s Disease
My Medication Update
Here are all my prescription drugs and dosages, including some that I started taking before my Parkinson’s diagnosis. I hope I’m recording the dosage amounts from the bottle labels correctly – sometimes
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Quiz: Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms
How much do you know about Parkinson’s disease symptoms? Take this fun and informative quiz and find out! Thank you once again, Michael J. Fox Foundation!
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Related News from the Alzheimer’s Front
First: To defend yourself against dementia, whether it’s related to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, or something else, kick butt. That is, do aerobic exercise (running, hyper-fast disco dancing, cycling, sweating on an elliptical
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Football + Concussions = Serious Long Term Neurological Problems
The NY Times reports that GE and the NFL have teamed up to fund research into football-related brain traumas. Six teams of investigators each received $500,000 to study football concussions and
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What’s It Like Having Parkinson’s II?
I recently blogged some simulation activities for non-Parkies who ask: What’s it like having Parkinson’s disease? Click here for a surprise answer. If anyone wants to try this with me, leave a
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What’s It Like Having Parkinson’s?
On a recent conference call with some of the other official bloggers for next year’s World Parkinson Congress, we briefly discussed how to simulate Parkinson’s disease for people who don’t
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A Life in Sin (emet): Yes, I Can!
I’ve been on a low dosage of Sinemet (carbidopa/levodopa) for about a month now. One of the payoffs is that I can use a can opener again. Until I started
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Plan B
At age 54, Sherri Wolf was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. It didn’t really stop her. She couldn’t water ski anymore, but she could certainly tend her garden. “Life is all
Light Reading
Here’s a short, light-hearted first person account of some of the sillier things that happen when you get Parkinson’s disease. The first sentence sets the mood: It is either denial