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A little bit of boxing helps the shakes go down

 Last evening I experienced an example of how vicious Parkinson's can be.  I reached for a bottle of water on my bedside table.  My hand started to shake uncontrollably.  This was not a tremor, it was an out and out crazy shake and I managed to knock the bottle of water off the table along with other things.  There was no controlling it, I just had to wait it out.  Eventually it subsided.  I hope never to encounter it again.

I wish I could return to boxing (balance issues).  I am sure it would help.  If you are interested in boxing, and live in or near Winnipeg, contact the CAO of U-TURN PARKINSON'S. His name is Tim, and he can be reached at 204.781.2327. Boxing (no bodily contact) seems to suppress the symptoms of Parkinson's.   All parkie patients and volunteers are welcome.

Go to their website https://www.uturnparkinsons.org for more info

HUH!

"Excessive drooling, called SIALORRHIA, is a common symptom of parkinson's and can cause awkwardness in social situations.  It ranges from mild wetting of pillow during sleep to embarrassing outpourings of saliva during unguarded moments."

Just another special gift from the gods.  If they chance to see me living a relatively normal life, they jump to the conclusion that I should now be given the appearance of a drooling moron. You know, to add to the shaking, loss of balance....etc......etc.....

As Thomas Beecham, conductor, said:

            "They are quite hopeless - drooling, 
             driveling, doleful, depressing, dropsical, drips"

HUH!!

Research Blues

Hello Parkies - ever been the subject of a research study?  I was one in a study to determine if coffee had a beneficial effect on PD. This first verse of a poem outlining the quirks of the study and its outcomes is to be found in the poem, "Research Blues" in my first book of poems, The Gate and Other Poems on a Life's Journey. (read all about the poem and the authors at "books.friesenpress.com")

Check out our wesite at "the gatepoetry.ca" where you will find the many booksellers who are carrying the book.  Locals note that the book is available at McNally Robinson. 

I'm in the laboratory 

research is necessary

Livin’ in a test tube

He's in the hall way

Looking for the payday

Man in a white coat

Pen out, pent up

Says he knows the reason

Coffee is in season