Disability Versus Accessibility...The neat thing about being a part of a community is that members can react to one another’s ideas to expand or...reactions15comments
The Invisibility of Chronic Pain...Many people with Parkinson's disease can manage their pain using over-the-counter or prescription pain medicines, physical therapy, and exercise. But some people...reactionscomments
Helping My Parents with At-Home Fitness for Parkinson’s..."Mary Beth, we need to take my car into the shop," my dad tells me when I come home for the holidays...reactionscomments
The Adventures of The NORWICH STREET BRIDGE GANG...Hi Everybody, it's Ernie. I've been reading some of the posts and it looks like there are a lot of different situations...reactions2comments
Getting Off The Couch Is Hard...Why should I get off the couch? It’s comfy. According to the Parkinson’s Outcomes Project, "people with Parkinson's disease who start exercising...reactions8comments
Dealing With the Fear of Parkinson’s...Fear is an emotion that everyone experiences, but for those who live with Parkinson’s disease (PD), fear can be a more common...reactions6comments
Living with Parkinson's Disease Is No Walk in the Park...Let’s get real ... living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) is no walk in the park (pardon my pun.) Parkinson’s disease is a...reactions4comments
The Big Questions...Can anyone answer the questions we all ask? When 2 people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) meet, the conversation usually unfolds in a...reactions4comments
Clinging to Creature Comforts...The blue light flickers in the living room, projecting pictures of real-time news events one evening. I know that it’s my dad...reactions8comments
Brain/Body Connection and Parkinson's...I've had a long time to witness the worsening of the "normal" connection between what my brain wants to do and what...reactions8comments
Stop Judging Me!...At last, after holding her breath with worry for half a year, Posy was on her way to Florida to visit her...reactions3comments
Busy mom with no time for PD...I am a single mom, and until this year, I worked full-time. I was diagnosed in 2015 (at age 48) with young-onset...reactions4comments
Icebergs Ahead: The Weight Beneath Our Surface...When I taught English, one of the greatest challenges was to explain irony. To be funny, I would say that it’s the...reactionscomments
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My Journey with Parkinson's...My girlfriend and I used to joke that the most fitting epitaph for us both was "Now What". Life was just one...reactions5comments
Call Me Mr. Parkinson: The Naked Truth, Nothing Else...The real, underlying problem Parkinson's folk have is that they comprehend there is no cure for this monstrous, unassailable and undignified infliction...reactions6comments
This is Parkinson's...I am a wife and mother to two teenage sons, a full-time worker (and breadwinner) and now I am a caregiver. My...reactions7comments
Swan Lake...I grappled with symptoms of PD for years before I was diagnosed. I was treated for depression, carpal tunnel, muscle stiffness, joint...reactions3comments
A Rant, Some Feedback, and Me...I’m in the elderly category, have Parkinson’s and CKD, and, due to coronavirus, have been in deep isolation for over nine months...reactions4comments
Positive...16 years ago I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. I was 65. At that time, my husband was in the mid stage of...reactions1comment
