I’d just concluded a delightful four-day visit with an old friend in Atlanta. We’ve known each other since we met at Camp.Mataponi in Naples, Maine at the age of ten. We were fast friends for all our nine years at camp, lost touch for decades, and miraculously reconnected about fifteen years ago. Our lives are …
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Parky dreams…occasionally sweet, always interesting
Sweet dreams I have a couple of friends with whom I chat in the early morning hours, usually between 7:00 and 8:00. And I haven’t turned into my mother. Oh no, it’s way less predictable than that. I’ve turned into my grandmother. I guess the “start-the-day with-a-rambling-conversation” gene skips a generation. Here’s a nearly verbatim …
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Apply for your (not) dream job
Despite retirement, I now have a nearly full time job. Congratulations, you're thinking. WTF I'm thinking. Here's the resume that thrust me into this line of work: Job Title: Healthy person 1973-2021; Not so healthy person. 2021-Present. Skills and qualifications: Lemons into lemonade outlook. Ability to change horses in midstream. Patience of a saint. Goal: …
I quit …. And other lies
Yesterday, as I spent way too much time sorting and storing pills, I walked into a different room, sat myself down and made a declaration to myself and to the world: “I am doing the unheard of in the chronic illness community. "I'm taking the day off." What does that mean, exactly? For one, no …
I am my illness
I recently posted a request asking the parkinsonsphere how they’d like to be treated. Several commented”I am not my illness.” Well guess what folks, I’m throwing in the towel and stating, if not proudly but with resignation and conviction “ I am my illness.” If I were not, would I be: Organizing the medication section …
How to be with your friend with PD
If it looks like a duck… in my case, I resemble the healthy looking duck. I try to pass as a person who’s never had a twitch or a body that aches deeply several times a week. Yes, there is the occasional get out of jail free card, what I call a pain free day …
Listen to your Body
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 …
My Hobby, My Doctors
Coming soon: Parky Conversations, the podcast. Be sure you won’t miss a single fascinating word by subscribing to my blog, Moving and Shaking. Click on subscribe and voila! you’ll be in the know about all sorts of Parkinsonian stuff- the scientific, the all-too-human and the just plain weird. Hmmm. I wonder how far into my …
I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up
We've all seen and probably made fun of the the elderly woman moaning those words on our TV screens. Why not laugh? She has absolutely nothing to do with us, except perhaps as the old lady across the street, the one who never puts out candy on Hallloween. That one. Well, you know what's coming. …
Serendipity, coincidence or both?
Thought for the day: Happiness is two hours in the perfume department at Bloomingdale’s with one of your most fun friends. Serendipity: The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way, as in “a fortunate stroke of serendipity.” “There are no coincidences; everything happens for a reason.” Can serendipity and …
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