PD Pundit: Awareness Month Poem...To read the rest of the "PD Pundit" series, click here....reactionscomments
PD Pundit: Falling & What To Do About It (Part One)...To read the rest of the "PD Pundit" series, click here....reactionscomments
Other Secondary Motor Symptoms...Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by the primary motor symptoms of tremor, rigidity, postural instability (impaired balance), and bradykinesia (slowing down and...
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 III...In 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's...Music 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 Forget...I 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
Finding a New Doctor...As we start a new year, many of us might have enrolled in new insurance programs and discovered that their doctors are...reactions2comments
Doctors vs. Patients...Doctors vs. patients? It seems like a contradiction, but in far too many cases, that is exactly the scenario described. Doctors, more...reactionscomments
I Have Parkinson's and No Insurance: A Case for Advocacy...Has 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 Dream...Last 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 System...To read the rest of the "PD Pundit" series, click here....reactionscomments
PD Pundit: REM Sleep Disturbances...To read the rest of the "PD Pundit" series, click here....reactions1comment
