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Month: November 2022

Teeny Tiny Triumphs

On November 17, 2022November 24, 2022 By Andi BrownIn Uncategorized8 Comments

You may have noticed that I find alliteration appealing. Too true! But the bigger news is I COOKED TWO MEALS yesterday. As in preheated the oven, chopped some broccoli and cauliflower (but bought precut onions - I'm not that ambitious) and made a sweet potato soup (so-so) and a dish with the aforementioned vegetables that …

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French dressing and other news

On November 17, 2022November 18, 2022 By Andi BrownIn Uncategorized7 Comments

First, I promised a report on my experiment in which the subject - that would be moi- departs her home under a cloud of circumstantial stress, which, she hypothesizes, plays a significant role in the activation of her Parkinson’s symptoms. Which is to say, the day before I left for vacation in France, you could …

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But you look so good.

On November 5, 2022November 8, 2022 By Andi BrownIn Uncategorized13 Comments

That’s the second most frequent comment I hear after my revelation that I have Parkinson’s, the first being “I’m so sorry to hear that.” And it’s true, I appear to be just fine. My gait looks fairly normal, sprightly even, though I occasionally veer off into a wall. I manage to keep up with my …

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Update from your (mostly) faithful correspondent at

On November 3, 2022 By Andi BrownIn Uncategorized7 Comments

Moving and Shaking Hello friends and followers, I haven’t thrown in the laptop on the blog, which honestly is one of the most satisfying activities in my life right now, along with helping to plan my - how could it be - fiftieth college reunion. But the weekly post has become a bit too high …

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I quit the clinical trial

You might be expecting me to tell you I’d had it with all the redundant questionnaires, the symptom diaries, the schlepping to and from the hospital for assorted pokings and proddings, and the endless queries from friends and acquaintances about the scientific underpinnings of the project. Folks, I practically flunked freshman biology. I have the…

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I had my head examined

Wednesday, 3:45 am. My airport chauffeur has arrived. Ooh fun, you’re thinking, maybe like me, associating middle of the night flights with Negronis by the pool, the satisfying thwack of balls being volleyed down at the beach. Um, not exactly. I’m flying from Boston to New York for a PETscan, a requirement for my clinical…

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Adventures in Transportation

A wee bit of background. I’m having surgery on my brain as a participant in a clinical trial for a new gene therapy for Parkinson’s. Yes, there will be holes drilled into my brain. No, I won’t be awake for it, and it isn’t expected to be painful. The study provides what they call “concierge”…

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