PD Pundit: Falling & What To Do About It (Part One)To read the rest of the "PD Pundit" series, click here...reactionscomments
Just A Month for Awareness?Another April and a month of Parkinson’s Awareness Month has come and gone - and yet, it hasn’t! For those of us...reactionscomments
Am I Losing My Mind?Each day starts out pretty much the same way. I try to get out of bed gracefully (which means without falling). Usually...reactionscomments
Is Telemedicine Helpful to Treat Parkinson’s?Remember the stories your grandparents told about the kindly doctor and his black bag making a house call? Telemedicine is the 21 Century’s...reactionscomments
Blogs Can Build Community!In March 2018, I spent an amazing three days in Philadelphia. As contributors/bloggers for Health Union’s site, ParkinsonsDisease.net, Angela and I were invited...reactions1comment
For Caregivers - On the Road...with Parkinson's Part IIIIn my previous two postings about traveling with someone with Parkinson’s, I’ve shared experiences we encountered traveling by air and train. Since...reactions1comment
Not A Day Without Music For A Person With Parkinson'sMusic is essential to my day. I like to add music to almost anything that I do. My eclectic musical tastes vary...reactions3comments
Discovering My Parkinson's: Four Words I Hope Never to ForgetI knewwithout research, what this gradual change in small motor dexterity, meant. A neurological disease had taken another brain, mine. and here...reactionscomments
Neuropalliative Care – It’s Not Just Hospice!The modern movement for palliative care began in the mid-twentieth-century, with an effort to improve care for the dying. Clinicians and researchers...reactionscomments
Doctors vs. PatientsDoctors vs. patients? It seems like a contradiction, but in far too many cases, that is exactly the scenario described. Doctors, more...reactionscomments
Finding a New DoctorAs we start a new year, many of us might have enrolled in new insurance programs and discovered that their doctors are...reactions2comments
I Have Parkinson's and No Insurance: A Case for AdvocacyHas this ever happened to you? You need to see a doctor and can’t get an appointment because you don’t have insurance...reactionscomments
Deep Brain Stimulation Works For Me I had a DBS (deep brain stimulator) installed in 2014 and am happy to report great success, in my case. Before I...reactions4comments
Can a Simple Sniff Test Detect Parkinson's Disease?"You Smell!" A phrase often used by children may have new meaning. New research suggests that it is possible to detect Parkinson’s...reactionscomments
Running Down A DreamLast November, my husband and I completed the New York City marathon. It was the first marathon for both of us. Training for...reactionscomments
PD Pundit: The Lymphatic SystemTo read the rest of the "PD Pundit" series, click here...reactionscomments
PD Pundit: REM Sleep DisturbancesTo read the rest of the "PD Pundit" series, click here...reactions1comment
PD Pundit: Medication ManagementTo read the rest of the "PD Pundit" series, click here...reactionscomments
For Caregivers - On the Road...with Parkinson's Part IIAs I mentioned in Part I of this series, we’ve experienced a few challenges as my husband and I have traveled with...reactionscomments
