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As a young parent, it is often hard to realize how fast time slips away. You’re too busy changing diapers, refilling milk bottles, wiping dirty faces, and running bath water. You’re doing tubs of laundry daily and wiping up spills hourly. You’re consumed with the next activity, whether…

According to Wikipedia, a “team is a group of individuals working together to achieve a goal.” But a “group does not necessarily constitute a team.” Teamwork is defined as “the collaborative effort of a team to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in the most…

In September 2017, I started to take Rock Steady Boxing (RSB) classes. RSB has truly made a remarkable impact on improving the quality of my life. What’s it all about? The RSB classes I attend twice a week average about 10 to 16 people per class. The…

You have been asked to speak to a group of newbies in the Parkinson’s world. You have been asked to share with them wisdom you have gleaned from walking this journey of having Parkinson’s disease. What will you tell them? This is what I might say: You must…

I read a post recently in a Facebook group for people with Parkinson’s disease. The poster asked fellow group members what their response would be to others when asked what it is like to live with PD. Their answers are incorporated into the column. Because Parkinson’s…

If you were to see a yellow ribbon logo, you’d think of supporting our troops. A pink ribbon is associated with supporting breast cancer awareness. But a tulip? Ah, the tulip. Several years ago, the red tulip was adopted by the global Parkinson’s community to…

I took a walk over a waterfall the other day. The power of the water rushing beneath me was incredible. So powerful, in fact, that were I to have fallen in, the chances of survival would have been rather slim. I walked up the edge of the river,…

No two Parkinson’s disease patients are alike I am slowly coming to realize that each diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is unique. PD patients suffer different symptoms and different rates of disease progression. Some remedies work for some, and not for others. In many cases, those of us with PD…

If you were to go to a Parkinson’s disease website, you’d probably find a post on signs and symptoms of PD. The problem is that it can be hard to notice the signs if you are the one with Parkinson’s disease. You may have grown so used…

Someone told you that you or someone you love has Parkinson’s disease (PD). You’ve also heard that it is incurable. Nevertheless, can it be treated? If so, what medicines are used? First, let me say that I was diagnosed with PD over 10 years ago and misdiagnosed with…