If you could live your life again, what would you do differently?
While walking through the soggy streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland, I saw an excerpt of a poem by American humorist…
Articles by Mary Beth Skylis
Traveling abroad with Parkinson’s disease requires much planning
I don’t know about you, but I’m still having a hard time believing it’s 2025. I know we’re three months…
How will future generations view DBS for Parkinson’s disease?
Sometimes I think about the odd medical practices that were used hundreds of years ago to treat illnesses and how…
How my dad’s facing rigidity in Parkinson’s disease
One of the more challenging Parkinson’s disease symptoms that my dad navigates is stiffness or rigidity, which makes the…
The importance of holding on to hope
A few months ago, my mom called me up and asked if I’d be willing to take her and my…
Could my dad, who has Parkinson’s, be deficient in magnesium?
I recently discovered that I, like 10% to 30% of the human population, am deficient in magnesium. The mineral…
Is Dad’s recent weight loss a result of Parkinson’s disease?
“Morning, Mary Beth. Have you heard anything about weight loss and Parkinson’s?” my dad texts me one day. “From…
3 positive coping skills that might help Parkinson’s patients
Degeneration is painful to witness, but even more painful to experience. The tasks one might previously have been able to…
Losing a friend made Dad face his own mortality
“Jim Rice was a nice guy,” Dad told me one afternoon late last summer. “He walked into my office when…
When I’m abroad, I picture my dad traveling with Parkinson’s disease
Every time I step foot in a new country, I dive into the local culture to try to intimately understand…