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What images of Parkinson’s disease do you carry? You know, mental pictures or visual impressions. Which words or phrases or objects, when you hear them mentioned, suggest a Parkinson’s likeness?...

There comes a point in every person’s life where he or she realizes that it’s impossible to be tough all the time. It’s at that point that we need someone...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a thief. I did not understand this when I was younger. Now, after losing two loved ones to PD, I do. Shortly after my vibrant, sociable...

I love lists! Maybe, I love too much! My other problem with lists is that I generate too many important lists of my priorities and those ‘must do’s’ get confusing...

Lately, I have met people who know someone with Parkinson’s. However, the messages they have delivered to me are somewhat distressful, not hopeful: "I have a friend with Parkinson’s, and...

Before my diagnosis, I knew next to nothing about Parkinson's disease (PD). I soon discovered that PD has its own language. Some of the terms I was soon to become...

As my family and I make the three-hour drive home after a long weekend in the Texas Hill country, my 13-year-old daughter, Meredith, asks the question: “Dad, did you know...

I recently started researching how dance can be a great exercise option for people with Parkinson's disease (PD). Over and over, Beth Hochstein's name kept coming up in the Google...

Read part two here. It’s 3:17 a.m….again! Sorry to bother you; but the love of my life has Parkinson’s disease and, although it comes with many physical symptoms, the non-motor...

At the end of 2007, I met my wife the way many people meet these days - on an online dating site. It’s been a long journey since then; however...

Atrophy means ‘A wasting away of the body or of an organ or part’, according to The Random House dictionary. Atrophy can be the result of doing nothing for yourself...

I first learned about Rock Steady Boxing while watching the CBS news program 60 Minutes. Lesley Stahl, the correspondent, presented the segment about an exercise program designed for persons with...

The answer is no, not directly. Parkinson’s disease (PD) itself does not lead to death. PD develops slowly. Its symptoms may not seriously affect your abilities for many years. You...

Ever since I can remember, I have had this idea that summer is a great time to be outdoors. However, I’m dead wrong on much of this argument, especially with...

As anyone with Parkinson's disease (PD) knows, PD is a chronic, degenerative movement disorder that can greatly affect quality of life. But in my alternate career as a dance fitness...

For over thirty years of my life, I have been some sort of a writer. Whether for fun with imaginative tales of the supernatural, for historical purposes with my life’s...

We know from research, general observation, and even first-hand experience, that Parkinson’s disease (PD) can have a detrimental impact on nighttime sleep. And with poor sleep comes problems during the...

Can we talk? Today, this soon to be 54-year-old-gray-hair-PD-bloggin'-mama-of-four (breath)... is on a mission. I have a message to share, a story to tell. Why? Because the love of my life...

Can we talk? This time it's not three something in the morning when this Parkinson's disease (PD) care partner often lies awake when some stupid symptom finds it timely to...

A big frustration that many people with Parkinson's experience is that daily routine can become mundane. When each day begins to cycle around medications, doctor appointments, and schedules, it can take...