Weekly Newsletter – 16th January 2025
A slightly calmer 11 blogs this week as opposed to 13 last week but looking back it is a very broad range of topics from attitude, planning, symptoms, faith and bizarrely building a board game
We are people not patients – it has taken me 5 years to realize this
Hope for the best, plan for the worst – The tough stuff
I hope is crucial but you also need to be prepared so that you have as good a plan for the future as possible and in order to not leave your loved ones figuring out what you want
Parkinson’s – positives from my journey
Parkinson’s is not nice but there are some real positives that I have encountered on my journey
Parkinson’s: A Parasite, Not a Vulture
It’s not just the fact that there are motor and non motor symptoms – it is the fact that there is a vicious cycle and that factors like lack of sleep and stress impact PD and magnify it like a parasite feeding off the body
Faith, Meaning and Parkinson’s
How I find that meaning helps PD
Is it seriously happening – these symptoms are so broad and wide that sometimes I can’t believe it really is yet another one
Welcome Back to Choking – The biggest killer??
One of my old friends came back this week to remind me he/she is there – did you know it is the biggest killer of PD patients
Victory in the fight – it is not a % of my old goals
What should my goals be – what they are not is a percentage of my old ones. I have new life skills and experience and it means I need to rethink what I am striving for
Why can’t I finish this sentence?
My first symptom and one of the strangest…
Is Fight the right definition for the challenge we face with Parkinson’s
I built a Parkinson’s Board Game last night!
And finally for some weird reason I built a Board Game in one night
