When talking about symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, you usually hear the basics when it comes to listing them all. Recently I ran across a question, posed by a PD patient and answered by an online geriatric nurse that specializes in caring for people with PD. The question? How do I know when I’m close to ... ...
April 7, 2011 Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month, Statistic #7: Did You Know… that Parkinson’s can cause a person to have a fixed facial expression? This is called “masked face”. that having PD can change your handwriting? that your voice can get softer when you’re a person with Parkinson’s? that a person with PD can lose ... ...
Seems we’ve been gone a while… I think we’re back. I think it started when Judy lost her mom. She was busy with all that a tragedy like that entails – details for services, in-town guests, dealing with grief. She still is trudging her way through that sorrow. She will be returning home to Tennessee ... ...
I told a friend last night that I feel disconnected. Disconnected from the PD ‘loop’, ‘circle’, whatever. If you’re involved with the Facebook PD ‘group’ (and by all means, there could certainly be more than one!), you know that there is a growing ‘army’ of people trying to make a difference in finding a cure ... ...
April 1, 2010 Parkinson’s Awareness Month Statistic #1: Depression Is Real Depression can co-occur in people with certain illnesses and diseases but that Parkinson’s disease has the highest rate after people who struggle with eating disorders? According to the National Institute of Mental Health, a study in 2002 reported that 25% of cancer victims experienced ... ...
Many people don’t want to talk about it. Fewer want to admit to it. All would choose to live without it. It’s the ‘D’ word – depression. Much to my surprise, on my first visit to see my neurologist over five years ago, I was asked if I struggled with depression. I could honestly answer ... ...
What’s on my mind of late…… It seems like alot of people I know are in what I call a ‘funk’ right now. And it’s not too surprising. I mean it’s the middle of winter, and here in East TN we’ve had an unusual amount of real cold and snowy weather. A couple of days ... ...
I’ve been gone. Gone to Kentucky for a week, to be with my brother through his hip surgery and hopefully I was some help afterward. Three weeks ago, I was in Montana helping my mom with my dad after his back surgery. A lot has happened in between then and yesterday. For example, I broke ... ...
There have been many stories coming my way lately, regarding the made up scenarios of Parkinson’s disease. What I mean is this – some are being told by their spouses or other caregivers that their faking it or it’s all in their head (no pun intended). Some are going to the doctor, only to have ... ...
When you’ve been blessed with the companionship of the Little Monster we so familiarly and ‘un-affectionately’ call Parkinson’s Disease, you may get tense and tight at the mere mention of… PD. For some with Parkinson’s, you haven’t experienced much stiffness. Maybe no pain. Maybe lots. Whether you have or not, there is something you can ... ...
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