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Throwback Thursdays Art

July 22, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 12 Comments

Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution […]

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What’s It Like Having Parkinson’s?

July 19, 2015 | Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, World Parkinson Coalition | Bruce | 34 Comments

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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Do I Sound Gay?

July 17, 2015 | Bruce, Gay - LGBTQ, Other People's Stories | Bruce | 4 Comments

You don’t have to answer that; I already know.  People have told me, sometimes angrily.  For example, in one heated family argument many years ago, a family member snapped, “You don’t

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The Sun in Poetry

July 17, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Poetry | Bruce | 1 Comment

You, Andrew Marvell And here face down beneath the sun And here upon earth’s noonward height To feel the always coming on The always rising of the night: To feel

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Throwback Thursdays Art

July 16, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 10 Comments

Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution

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A Life in Sin (emet): Yes, I Can!

July 15, 2015 | Bruce, Medications, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | 2 Comments

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

July 15, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | 2 Comments

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

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Light Reading

July 14, 2015 | Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | 1 Comment

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

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“Love and Other Drugs” – Reviews

July 13, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Jokes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce

First off, I couldn’t find any sunshine pics for the movie “Love and Other Drugs,” so I went with a moon shot, above.  Which is the only crack I’ll make in

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Adolescent Onset Parkinson’s Disease

July 13, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Medications, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson Pantheon!, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce

Here’s a news story about a Parkie who started experiencing symptoms when she was just 13 years old – what I’m calling “Adolescent Onset Parkinson’s Disease.”  She is now a doctoral

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Bruce Ballard

Bruce Ballard

My name is Bruce Ballard. I started this website in February, 2015, to promote an “enriched environment” for people with Parkinson’s disease, including myself. Enjoy!

I'm an official blogger for the 2016 World Parkinson Congress (Portland, Oregon, USA) and the 2019 World Parkinson Congress (Kyoto, Japan). Click on the logo to learn more!

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