Blown away, a little embarrassed and grateful
I had no idea before today started that I would create a monster. It certainly wasn’t the plan, but it seems that way. It is embarrassing on so many levels, but I am truly touched, grateful, strengthened, and humbled. I debated with myself whether to blog on the topic of my new diagnosis. On the […]
4-4-4 – Learning to Breathe like the Navy SEALs or like me 😀
4-4-4 – Learning to Breathe like the Navy SEALs or like me 😀. What t do I mean by learning to breathe? Let me give some context. Life can be overwhelming. More and more gets put on my shoulders with challenges and tests coming from every direction. Recently, it has felt simply staggering. Health issues […]
YEH – It’s official – My Garmin told me I am actually 2 years younger
I am coming up to 5 years with Parkinson’s, and this morning I received a notification from my Garmin saying I had won back another year and my fitness age had come down to 47.5 instead of the 49.5 I am. I actually didn’t know about this feature – but if my Garmin watch says […]
Parkinson’s – positives from my journey
Positives – Without PD would I ever have run 10k, done yoga or written a blog post like this – NEVER. Just a shame I had to get PD to do those things.
“Be positive” The most annoying words but yet the key…my perspective
I have tried to write this 15 times… it is really hard to articulate, but it is something I have an overwhelming desire to talk about. It is something I think about so much and want to get it off my chest – you can choose to read, choose to delete, choose to disagree. It […]
You Know You Have a Sleep Problem When…
When you wake up at 11pm and start writing a post about having a sleep problem, you know it’s serious. For a very long time now—pretty much since being diagnosed with Parkinson’s—I’ve had a serious sleep problem. Until recently, it was just one of many issues on my list of priorities. Thanks to the […]
December 23 update – the impact of war and my blog from before the war I didn’t publish
When I last posted a blog article on my Parkinson’s (in June) I had no idea what was the come in the coming months. On the 3rd October I drafted an updated blog – which I thought at the time was interesting – but didn’t hit send. Then the 7th October came and with it war […]