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  • Moody blues?

    Moody blues?

    Recently a member of the private YOPD Facebook group I am a member of asked how to deal with low mood. They wanted to know others’ ways of managing what is a common symptom. It can put intense pressure on the Parkinson’s patient and their carer(s) and is a crucial aspect of any PD treatment…

  • Doubting Thomas

    Doubting Thomas

    I was at a family celebration recently and the Biblical story of Doubting Thomas came up in conversation. Recap: Thomas was the disciple who had to have his Master’s resurrection proved to him by a (possibly) exasperated Jesus and a bloody side wound. I was brought up as one of the legion ‘blessed’ folk who…

  • Common people

    Common people

    Write what you know…in all themagazines and blogs that’s what they are commonly given to say to those just starting out. But not me. Oh no. I was told…writing is a therapy, a relief, it’s a way to break the confines of your position, your condition. Pour it out onto the pages and feel better.…

  • Lens

    Lens

    I have been looking back through this blog…ostensibly to find a poem I wrote about the anarchy of soft play. Still haven’t found it but in the meantime I have had the chance to relive many moments and reassess my reactions now and then to what was going on. My first thoughts are that I…

  • Jagged pride

    Jagged pride

    When I was a child I was brought up to believe that Pride was a Bad Thing. To be proud was to be uppity. To be proud was to be flawed. Pride in one’s achievements was a character blip, a lack of empathy for those around me. This week I have had a number of…