I will ask for forgiveness first and give you fair warning. The following is a conversation I had online with a dear friend who has had PD about the same length of time as I have. We share a similiar passion for photography and have met a couple of times in person, but have had an ongoing friendship online for around 5 years. We recently had a conversation in a private chat area. I asked her for permission to use portions of our discussion here in an effort to try and help others understand a little bit about living life with Parkinson’s disease and the rest of stuff life can often shove in your face. I hope none of this offends anyone. I have no such intentions in sharing this conversation, other than to give people (my family, my friends, the public, and anyone who will care to listen) a glimpse into the heart and soul of two women who find a way to somehow uplift, encourage, rant, rave, gripe and just have a heart to heart about some burdens they share and maybe, just maybe, somewhere along the way someone else will see the need to keep funding research, to keep fundraising, to keep the hope for a cure alive. That is my intention here.
The following conversation may be discouraging to some, but I feel strongly the need to share it. I have tried to remove all personal information that might directly link my friend’s identity, whom I will call ‘Leslie’. She is a person to be admired and applauded for her outlook on Parkinson’s and her willingness to share our talk with you.
I thank my dear friend who shared this conversation with me and has given me permission to share on this blog site our recent talk we had early this morning.
To read the conversation, please click here.
