"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.
“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.” Bruce Lee "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot Believe: I believe that staying positive will help control the course of my Parkinson's. …
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"You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope." Thomas Merton Précis: My Physician DID NOT tell me I had 12 months to …
"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering." Ben Okri “Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise." H.G. Wells An opening story: Many years ago, I …
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” Edward Everett Hale “A year from now you may wish you had started today.” Karen Lamb Constellation of Care: In …
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi As a scientist and medical educator, I read a lot for work (papers, reviews, chapters, books). There are 100's of books and 1000's of papers written about Parkinson's Disease (PD or Parkinson's), so where did I begin …
Journey with Parkinson's 