"Where Life Meets Parkinson's." A blog for Parkinson's education, research advances, treatment strategies, and personal reflection. The goal is to provide support and resources to anyone either with Parkinson's disease or with any neurodegenerative disorder.
"It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor." Marcus Tullius Cicero "Your muscles know nothing. It's your brain. Exercise is something you've got to do the rest of your life. It's a lifestyle. Dying is easy. Living is a pain in the neck. You've got to work at it." …
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"The key to life is resilience….We will always be knocked down. It’s the getting up that counts." Dominique Browning "Hope is a waking dream." Aristotle Ogunquit, Maine: We recently had the pleasure of visiting this beachside community. It was in June, their summertime; to me, it was springlike in temperature and low in humidity, the …
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"He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else." Samuel Johnson "Food is an important part of a balanced diet." Fran Lebowitz Introduction: Do you have Parkinson's? If yes, do you have constipation? Swallowing problems? Get sleepy and need a nap after eating a big meal? Does your carbidopa/levodopa sometimes not work …
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"Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul." Michel de Montaigne "Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened." Billy Graham Introduction: For most of us in the USA, Memorial Day Weekend marks the start of our summer. Many will …
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"NOT I - NOT ANYONE else, can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself." Walt Whitman "We travel, in essence, to become young fools again - to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more." Pico Iyer Take the Bad with the Good Moments: If you …
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"It isn't how much time you spend somewhere that makes it memorable: it's how you spend the time." David Brenner "Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world." Gustave Flaubert A Simple, Monotonous Lifestyle Works with Parkinson's: From my perspective, having Parkinson’s means staying in control of your …
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"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow." Orison Swett Marden "When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope." Pittacus Lore Introduction: We dedicate the …
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"Any fool can know. The point is to understand." Albert Einstein "To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe." Marilyn vos Savant Introduction: I have used withering grapes on a grape vine to depict dopaminergic cells in Parkinson's disease. It is generally thought that a substantial amount of dopaminergic cells …
"Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure." Marianne Williamson "Turn to the light. Don't fear the shadow it creates." Ted Dekker Preface: I was born in the 1950s, but I remember growing up in the 1960s on an Air Force Base near the Pacific Ocean, between San Francisco and Los Angeles. My …
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"There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep." Homer "Sleep is a hint of lovely oblivion." D. H. Lawrence The Problem of Sleep: If you have Parkinson's, you likely have some problem with sleep. If you have Parkinson's and you do not have a sleeping problem, then count …
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