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  • Light

    Parkinsons is not pleasant – that much is flippin’ obvious but it’s the insidious way it robs you of the joy of life that gets me the most. Not today. Today has been quietly wonderful. Elder whizzed off to school (literally, you should see that child on his scooter) and Little One and I went…

  • Living in a box

    This is not a winge. Honest. More an observation. The wedding was lovely. My Boys were fab. My feet are wrecked (new shoes). The cushion did it’s job! And yet. I found it so much harder to connect. To talk to family and friends. Why? Is it the PD or am I just knackered? I’m…

  • Oh, the humanity

    I feel I have to write about the Channel 4 programme, Sex,Lies and Parkinsons aired last week. My, my what a furore down at Camp PD. It covered the challenges one mother faced, being diagnosed in her 30’s and the effect the meds had on her personality. Others have held forth about the programme’s pros…

  • Tightrope

    You know I try not to focus on about the challenges of having Parkinson’s but this week I had a session with the physio to assess how I’m getting on or going down depending on your frame of mind. Well, after a few comedy scenes involving exercise balls, wobble boards and me it got down…

  • Waiting room bingo

    Shall we play a game? How long will I have to wait for my parkinsons nurse appointment? It’s set for 11am. Normally it’s at least an hour late. I have knitting and crochet with me. To kill time you see. Not to show off I can still hold the needles/hook. Not at all. No reason…