Newsletter 2- 16th January 2025

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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

People, Not Patients!

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

 

Am I imagining it? Seriously?

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…

 

Fight – Do I need a new URL?

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

 

 

 

 

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Hello! I am Ben Lazarus

Originally diagnozed with Parkinson’s it has sadly turned into PSP a more aggressive cousin. I am 50 and have recently retired but enough of the sob story – I am a truly blessed person who would not swap with anyone on the planet, principally because I have the best wife and kids in the world (I am of course completely objective :-)). Anyway I am recording via the Blog my journey as therapy to myself, possibly to give a glimpse into my life for others who deal with similar situations and of course those who know me.

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