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Month: April 2024

Silver Lining Parkinson’s

On April 30, 2024May 2, 2024 By Andi BrownIn health, Parkinson's3 Comments

I suspect you're thinking that the title of this post is a trap. I’ve sucked you in and now I’m about to pull the old bait and switcheroo. Well… nope. I honestly have found a number of positive developments attributable to my disease. Who’d a thunk it? Old friends. One of my favorite quotations ever …

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On April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 By Andi BrownIn Uncategorized

And the Winner is…

On April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 By Andi BrownIn Uncategorized15 Comments

Not me! If you missed my last post, I was invited to audition for a public service announcement on Parkinson’s, to be filmed this very weekend in Toronto. How cruel thou wast, thou agent in the business of show. Thou informed me that thou hadst to engage a citizen of the Canadian empire. Methinks the …

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Lights, camera, action! (The blog goes Hollywood)

On April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 By Andi BrownIn Uncategorized17 Comments

It started when I was ten, it being my showbiz career, which began at Camp Mataponi in Naples, Maine in 1961, when I was plucked from the obscurity of Bunk Three and onto the stage as a rare junior in the Senior BIg Show. Remember little Ronnie Howard as the lisping Winthrop in The Music …

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Listen to your Body

On April 2, 2024 By Andi BrownIn chronic illness, health, Parkinson's7 Comments

How ironic of me! Because I often ignore what my body is trying to say. In other words, I am deaf to my body. Ugh! This body of mine can be such a pest. You probably know the old joke: what’s denial? Answer: a river in Egypt. Hahaha. Another response might be: Andi’s approach to …

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Sleep is the new sex

Or so you’d believe if you read, well, pretty much anything. Coincidentally, I’d already decided on today’s topic; I just had to write it. I scrolled on over to my mail, clicked on the icon, and voila! My mail opened on this, from my friend and fellow Parky blogger (and so much more) Sharon Krischer,…

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Positive attitude: blessing or curse

I spent a day recently with two old friends. Someone mentioned another member of our friend group who had just completed her last round of chemo. Everyone made note of her positive attitude in the face of a scary diagnosis. We reminded one another that this friend boasted a naturally optimistic disposition; she fell into…

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Great summer listening

You’re soaking up rays on some coast or other, hiking through a piney mountain pass, or.sipping your favorite iced tea on the deck. Just add some fascinating tales of medical weirdness. like the person with Parkinson’s who buys a store’s entire supply of prunes, and another who who can smell the disease on those who…

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