Pity and Parkinson's Disease So, you have a catastrophic illness. In addition to dealing with symptoms, medications, medical appointments, bills, and planning for your future infirmity, you have to deal with what to do about people pitying you.What do you care about…
A Graceless Moment, A Moment of Grace It happened as usual, without warning. On the way out of a restaurant one of my trekking poles failed when asked to bear my sudden transfer of weight. The pole, trustworthy until now, turned traitor…
The Journey of 10,000 Miles Begins with a Single Shuffle “It’s Parkinson’s” my doctor said. I did not take the news well. It was January of 2002, cold and dark. I had a wife and son, and a life built with luck…
A Parkinson's Christmas Adventure Mrs. Claus was concerned.“Do you think it’s a good idea to try to hitch up reindeer and fly a sleigh with your condition? Not to mention crawling down thousands of chimneys?”“I may have Parkinson’s, but I’m still perfectly…
The Voices in My Head There’s a party in my head. I hear the babble of voices, chattering indistinctly, volume swelling and diminishing in a flood of overlapping dialog I can’t quite decode. What? You don’t hear it? Nothing? Am I suffering…
I Feel It in My Bones (II) I can’t say it came as a surprise. Way back in April 2023, I wrote a pathetic, er, prophetic memo concerning the high likelihood of my breaking yet another bone, to go along with the…
