Don Harris

I had my Pfizer booster a month ago with no effect at all, just like the two AstraZenica jabs beforehand.

For all the effect I had I may as well have been given distilled water!

Does anyone else agree that continuous video clips of injections going into arms is off-putting?

REM behavior disorder (RBD)was one of my first clues that I have PD.

Whilst my wife is still game to share a bed with me she does so at some risk as I sometimes lash out (mainly hitting attacking animals in my dreams). Keeping as far away on the opposite side of the bed helps mitigate the risk but means I am liable to roll over onto the…[Read more]

I am glad to see that I am not the only Australian on the list. We are building a new house at Aldinga Beach south of Adelaide, South Australia. It’s a great location – next to a beautiful beach and nearby McLaren Vale wine district.
May I add that Parkinson’s News Today is veery worthwhile.

Not sure if exercise is effective in delaying PD as my main form of exercise is busy daily living but I do 2 exercise classes each week and find the balance sections exacerbate my mild tremor into something much more severe. So much so I am thinking of quitting the classes.

At this stage I think being ‘fully vaccinated’ means having 2 jabs but with efficacy of a booster it proably will be a requirement in future to meet the fully vaccinated criterion. To answer your question, yes I will have it as soon as 6 months have elapsed since my second jab.

I was suspicious that I had PD 10 years ago and it was confirmed 2 years later. PD has progressed very slowly to the extent that it is only early stage one.

As any medication or treatment has no effect on the progression of PD but can only treat the symptoms I wonder what benefit there is to be gained in early diagnosis.

My wife does not always understand me but then again, I don’t think she ever has!
It would be nice to have something but me to blame.

Do we now refer to Long Covid sufferers as Covies and those with Cerebral Palsy as Palsies? Hopefully Parkies does not catch on.

My wife and I spent a lot of mainly enjoyable time maintaining and improving our large, intensive garden of about 1 hectare on some steeply sloping ground in the scenic Adelaide Hills.  Some little while after I was diagnosed with PD we decided to bite the bullet and downsize onto a more manageable property. This happened about 3 years ago but my…[Read more]