Life is what you make it.
July 31, 2019 The other night, my friend Lori asked "How are you?" Only it wasn't a pleasantry that you respond to with an "I'm fine. How are you?" She really mean t it to be a question. She truly wanted to know how I am doing. The question caught me by surprise. You’d think… Continue reading A Decade with Parkinson’s Disease: Where Am I Now?
On all of my "Decade with Parkinson's Disease" posts I have selected a feature image of original artwork. There is a reason for that. It's because art is such an important player in the lives of many with Parkinson's Disease. Betcha didn't know that, did ya? Neither did I. And it sounds sort of crazy.… Continue reading A Decade With Parkinson’s Disease: What’s With All The Artists?
Signing up for a clinical study is not an irreversible decision. Trial participants always have the right to change their mind. After agreeing to participate in the Parkinson's Progressive Marker Initiative (PPMI) at the Cleveland Clinic I went home and spent more than a few days questioning my decision. I found many reasons why I… Continue reading A Decade with Parkinson’s Disease: On Becoming a “Lab Rat”
After my first, disturbing visit to a doctor in 2009, I spent the following months reading. The internet can be a scary place. Horror stories, myths, and outright deceptions are everywhere and cover all topics. Fortunately, I knew the importance of choosing only well-known, reliable sources. The more I learned, and the more time that… Continue reading A Decade with Parkinson’s Disease: Decisions
Updated April 3, 2019 I was 48 years old when I first noticed that something was amiss. It started in my little finger. I was sitting quietly and noticed a slight tremor. It was the oddest thing I’d ever felt. It didn’t prevent me from doing anything that I wanted to do though, so I… Continue reading A Decade with Parkinson’s Disease: The Diagnosis
Knowing me to be a lifelong writer, when I was first diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2009, friends encouraged me to start a "Parkinson's blog." But writing about PD was the last thing I wanted to do. Everyone experiences the happenings of life differently. When diagnosed with PD, I didn’t feel like it was the… Continue reading A Decade with Parkinson’s Disease: In the Beginning…
Time alone. Thinking about Pirooz again today. It was hard for us not to drop everything and fly to Houston. I was still scanning last minute flights at 11:00 last night hoping that the prices might have magically dropped even though after a dozen previous searches I knew that was unlikely to be the case.… Continue reading Remembering…
What can I possibly say? How can this be? It was 28 years ago when he walked through the front door, wrapped both his arms around me, planted a huge kiss on my cheek, and then cackled with laughter at my surprise. It was the first time I’d ever laid eyes on him. Who was… Continue reading On the Loss of a Friend
