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Are you a motivator? Sometimes, when Posy feels particularly low, she finds it difficult to be a cheerleader for others. Yet, many wonderful people with horrible diseases carry on inspiring...

In 2021, I sat down with a psychiatrist who asked me a series of questions before giving me a diagnosis. She told me that I have post traumatic stress disorder...

Somewhere in the midst of colonoscopy prep, I realized I had enough. Like many people with Parkinson’s, when I don’t eat, I get HANGRY (i.e GRRR). Starting Monday at noon...

Behind that facial mask, Kemosabe may be the Lone Ranger of Parkinson’s disease (PD). I am a speech pathologist who has Parkinson's. I have treated many patients in my practice for...

"All you need is Love"... well, plus food, shelter, and mountains of pills! Posy feels we should all own a dog. Not only does a dog motivate its owner to...

One of my passions is traveling, especially foreign travel. Every year for the past 16 years, I have taken a trip overseas. For 12 of those years, I’ve learned to...

My first inkling I had Parkinson’s disease (PD) was when I realized that I had micrographia at work. I am a certified medical speech pathologist and had intensive experience with...

While flav is in the name, it’s not their only end game! Besides being tasty, flavonoids also provide brain-boosting benefits that can help protect neurons and slow down cognitive decline...

"They" say that Parkinson's doesn’t shuffle people off this mortal coil. Instead, "they" would blame Parkinson’s related health "concerns" (like aspiration pneumonia and falls) for this criminal act. Here, it...

Posy previously described how she performed at a soirée under difficult conditions. Here, she will describe her conclusions about taking risks. She wonders if she should still challenge herself to...

At one time or another, most of us have been prescribed physical therapy to aid in the treatment and recovery from a surgery or injury. Some of us have gone to...

I have always found it more soothing to live in a clear neat environment. However I soon discovered how quickly your living space can become increasingly cluttered after I was...

Posy wonders if the only way to live meaningfully is to keep challenging herself. She has been "working" very hard for a couple of months. She has conducted concerts, taken...

As I come ever closer to my 80th birthday, I feel I’ve gotten a PhD from the School of Getting Old. Through just getting older and managing several serious chronic...

One day last week, I did too much physical activity in one day. I went to the gym with my occupational therapist and participated in one hour of a strenuous...

I take medications to control certain symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. I consider myself fortunate that there are generic forms of the drugs I take each day, which are Azilect, Requip...

Rock Steady Boxing (RSB) is a boxing exercise program dedicated to helping people with Parkinson's reduce the symptoms associated with this insidious disease. It incorporates activity that increases speed, endurance...

Most of us have seen Alone before. But if you haven’t, it’s an adventure, survivalist show that takes 10 people and drops them into the wilderness where they attempt to...

I’ve been doing well the last 9 months. My balance has been better (lots of physical therapy), my symptoms progression has slowed down, and I’ve been working hard physically and mentally. I’ve...

When I was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, at the age of 28, I did the typical and oh so common thing ... and yup, I Googled it. The millions...