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  • Denise

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    October 25, 2022 at 1:35 pm in reply to: Do you watch more TV than you used to watch?

    I used to watch more TV but after a few months I got fed up with it especially as a lot of the programme’s I watched have been changed or scrapped. My husband who looks after me watches every sport there is. I have started to sew again. The programme’s I like to watch are antiques, and factual, how things are made.

  • When I was first diagnosed I read all the things about PD, articles, stories, blogs and all things PD but now I just read things that interest me, I am 82 and I don’t think that there will be a big change possibly in my lifetime and as progression is not known I do things to stay reasonably healthy and live each day as it comes.

  • Denise

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    February 9, 2022 at 11:56 am in reply to: The PD community is inspiring

    I really like the PD community that are members of Parkinson News, I have joined other Parkinson groups but they have turned out to want money which is OK but not e mails every day, Some drive you mad with everything is OK and their life is marvellous because they take whatever at $€£100s the product can be anything, these sights are just advertisements site’s.
    Parkinson News is so good because you get a collection of news, products which normal people are watching, stories that are about the good and bad days and coping. Medication and it’s good and bad indications. I have done surveys and always say that my preferred news informer for all things Parkinson is Parkinson’s News and long may you be here for us.
    Denise

  • Denise

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    December 7, 2021 at 2:12 pm in reply to: Where do you live?

    Spain, Los Arenales del Sol, Near Alicante on the Costa Blanca, right by the sea.

  • Denise

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    November 2, 2021 at 2:23 pm in reply to: Hair loss; PD symptom or medication side effect, or just age?

    I don’t have hair loss but my finger nails have stopped growing and have been left with nails down as far as they be, toe nails the same. Who knows what has caused it. Denise

  • Denise

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    November 2, 2021 at 2:16 pm in reply to: Will you take the Covid-19 booster when it’s available?

    I have already had the booster, I suffered a reaction and was extremely ill for two days and thought that if this was a reaction how bad Covid 19 must be and despite the reaction which took 5 days for me to get over I am so glad I had the booster and am feeling really well now. Denise

  • Denise

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    November 2, 2021 at 1:54 pm in reply to: Have you had COVID-19?

    No I haven’t had covid but I have a good friend who has had it, this was before being vaccinated, very very bad experience,

  • Denise

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    September 3, 2021 at 8:37 am in reply to: What do you think of the term ‘Parkie’?

    Doesn’t bother me at all, at least it signifies your body has something wrong with it and may be people will have more understanding.

  • Denise

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    August 11, 2021 at 5:03 am in reply to: CBD, have you tried it?

    Have used for eighteen months for anxiety and for sleep, it worked for me, I was very bad tempered was upsetting everyone. It took about three weeks to help. My husband and friends commented that I was not so uptight. I was sleeping better and some of the pain was in check. Not using it at the moment because I ran out but going to replenish and start taking again,
    I used oil under tongue 5%, six drops in morning and six drops half an hour before bedtime.
    All you can do is try it and see if it works for you.

  • Denise

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    August 10, 2021 at 6:20 pm in reply to: Will you take the Covid-19 booster when it’s available?

    Definitely take the booster. Nothing can be as bad as Covid 19.

  • Denise

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    August 5, 2021 at 1:48 pm in reply to: How does the heat affect you?

    Hi Ally,
    I live in Spain and until I was diagnosed with Parkinsons’s I never really felt the heat like I do now, it must be the medication. The way I try to keep cool is use shutters on windows. have one of those personal square box fans, wear cotton as much as possible. Do cooking early or late when it’s cooler. We have ceiling fans but don’t have air conditioning.

  • Denise

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    August 5, 2021 at 1:32 pm in reply to: Do you have odd dreams?

    Yes I have very weird dreams that can be scary, and some times related to what I have been reading or watching. Have just started to take Mannitol so hope it does the same for me. Thank you.

  • Denise

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    July 27, 2021 at 8:51 pm in reply to: Have you tried any devices that help with Parkinson’s symptoms?

    Yes,have a light weight utensil that is a spoon at one end and a fork at the other end with a serated edge i find it helps a lot, I use a picker upper so I don’t lose my balance when I drop things
    I have been reading a lot about Mannitol and it seems to work for some people so I am going to give it a try, I have ordered some from Amazon and it should be here tomorrow,
    Will let you know how I get on.

  • Denise

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    January 4, 2022 at 3:12 pm in reply to: Walking/Bumping into objects

    I permanently have bruises that I have no idea where they came from, my hands seem also to have bruises and cuts on them, I still do a lot of cooking and seem to bang them a lot.

  • Denise

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    December 7, 2021 at 5:04 pm in reply to: Hair loss; PD symptom or medication side effect, or just age?

    My hair is beginning to come out must be the tablets as it’s never happened before, my hair has always been thick not very impressed.

  • Denise

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    November 2, 2021 at 2:07 pm in reply to: How do you handle stress?

    I find stress now makes me really not able to cope, I never had any trouble with stressful situations before, I worked in the travel business which at times is manic. Since Parkinson’s any stressful is awful. I listen to music and walk on the treadmill, if i can take my mind of the situation I eventually calm down Denise