"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.
"I have a form of Parkinson's disease, which I don't like. My legs don't move when my brain tells them to. It's very frustrating." George H.W. Bush "I discovered that I was part of a Parkinson's community with similar experiences and similar questions that I'd been dealing with alone." Michael J. Fox Summary: Two hundred …
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"I owe my life to blood donors. I'm forever grateful to people who donate." Niki Taylor "We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language." Joyce Carol Oates Synopsis: Could either Parkinson's or Alzheimer's be communicable diseases from human blood products? A recent study shows there is no evidence for these neurodegenerative disorders …
"A willing mind makes a hard journey easy." Philip Massinger "Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being." Plato Introduction: Much of my life has been spent exercising. Most of this exercise has been done with sheer delight. Since receiving my Parkinson's diagnosis, my opinion of exercise has changed. With Parkinson's, I'm now …
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"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time." Abraham Lincoln "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." Ralph Waldo Emerson Along the way to the diagnosis of Parkinson’s, you may have to undergo several different kinds …
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“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.” Albert Einstein “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.” Isaac Asimov Summary: (Part 1) …
"Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home." Matsuo Basho Award: The Journey with Parkinson's blog has been recognized by FeedSpot as a top 50 blog on Parkinson’s Disease! "Top 50 Parkinson Blogs & Websites For People Living With Parkinson’s Disease" (Click here to see the list). "'Thank you' is the best …
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"I wear the mask. It does not wear me." Man in the Iron Mask "See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness." Luke 11:35 Précis: The simplest way to describe Parkinson's is that it's a movement disorder due to the reduction of dopamine production. Sometimes one of the more obvious places …
“There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.” Homer, The Odyssey “Man is a genius when he is dreaming.” Akira Kurosawa Précis: There are many manifestations associated with Parkinson's; one of the more frustrating aspects is the alteration of sleep patterns. Herein is a brief overview of sleep …
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"Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it continuously revises and remodels, improving or slowly declining, as a function of how we use it." Michael Merzenich "The root of all health is in the brain. The trunk …
"The starting point of all achievement is desire." Napoleon Hill "We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone." Ronald Reagan The Journey With Parkinson's returns: The past 2 months have just consumed every waking moment of my time/life, and then some. I have a back-log of >20 blog posts in some finished-form-or-another. Starting this …
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