James Mortimer

This is my third go; both scrapped because it felt like I was just feeling sorry for myself.

The detachment from reality; the totally alien world to the one you inhabited; the loss of your previous existence and easy companionship; the bone-weary tiredness that’s always with you; the sheer hell of watching someone suffer, about which you can do…[Read more]

We’ve tried Bari’s suggestion of assisted stretching and find it useful to get started in the morning. Our local physio was wary of over-stretching, in fact not overly keen, but it seems to help if done carefully. The most effective exercise seems to be lying on the stomach, raise and lower the calf  10 times, hold for 10 seconds, then repeat for…[Read more]

Anyone unfortunate enough to starting with PD now won’t have the excruciating difficulties we had when Jen was diagnosed last November, no GP or PD nurse availability or guidance under the  lockdowns. We effectively had to find what, or if, treatment might be effective to counter severe back pains, be it heated waistcoats, vibrating rollers, pads…[Read more]