How I Remain Optimistic and Content (even with PD)
Those of you who know me know that I am a big 'Peanuts' fan.... Peanuts is the comic strip written by the late Charles M. Schultz, and I've been reading…
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January 27, 2019
On, Off, or What?
If you have been close to a Parkinson patient, I know you have heard them mention being 'On' or 'Off'.... and maybe you have wondered exactly what they mean by this... "On? Like a light-bulb? They aren't glowing, that's for sure!"...
November 28, 2018
Guest Blogger: What I Have Learned
Today I am implementing one of the things I said I would do with my new blog format - and that is introduce some 'guest' bloggers! Although I try my best to give you my thoughts, knowledge, and research that I've done, I'll be the first to say that I don't know everything! Plus, what I tell you is MY experience; but it is always good to get someone else's perspective and experience, as they may have gone or going through things that I haven't had experience with. So, learning from these wonderful folks is a good thing! ...
October 16, 2018
I’ll Take a Piece of Raspberry Pi!
"What?? Tom's giving away Raspberry Pie? Cool!! I'll take... wait a minute, bub - that doesn't look anything like pie to me!!" Yes, I don't think eating a circuit board…
September 7, 2018
Parkinson’s ‘Illegitimate’ Children – Part III
I'm continuing my series on Parkinson's lessor-known (or what I call illegitimate children) symptoms. So what will we be discussing today? Something that is probably familiar with most Parkies out there - including myself, yet isn't discussed as much as it should be, and that is...
July 12, 2018
Freebies for Parkies!
"What? We Parkies can get free Frisbees, you say? Cool!" No, no no... I said FREEBIES, not Frisbees!! Listen up now, people!!
May 6, 2018
Puttering with PD
"Puttering? What the heck does that mean? Playing golf? Are we supposed to go golfing in order to help with our Parkinson's symptoms??" Hey, I understand the confusion. Puttering isn't really a word, I don't think ...
April 27, 2018
Parkinson’s ‘Illegitimate’ Children – Part II
Well, here we go with the second part of this series! Bet you are wondering what less-talked about symptoms I'll be discussing today, huh? Drum roll, please... In today's post…
April 18, 2018
Parkinson’s: The ‘Invisible’ Handicap?
What is a 'handicap'? If we look it up, the definition goes like this: "A physical or mental disability making participation in certain of the usual activities of daily living more difficult". Well, I think we can all agree that Parkinson's Disease definitely can fall into that definition! However ...
March 18, 2018
Old vs. New
I recently read an article from a fellow Parkinson's blogger, Allison (The Perky Parkie) which had an impact on me. The article spoke of an individual who was in a therapy session with her; he'd experienced a traumatic brain injury due to an auto accident and was trying to 'come to grips' ...
February 25, 2018
Parkinson’s ‘Illegitimate’ Children – Part I
Now there's a title! Actually, I was going to call this by another name - the one associated with someone who's parents were not married when he/she was born - but I decided that might not make it through the family Internet 'screeners'... So we'll stick with illegitimate! So what does this mean? By this I mean Parkinson's lesser-known symptoms - those symptoms that are common but no one really talks about much - those 'hush hush' symptoms. A lot of us have these issues, but I've found they are not understood well and are very under-reported...
February 4, 2018
Reflections on 60
60? 60 what, you are probably thinking... 60 miles? 60 minutes? 60 chocolate glazed donuts? No, what I am referring to is years - you see, last month was my…
January 18, 2018
Top 10 Challenges of Living with a ‘Parkie’
I started thinking about what is must be like living with someone that has Parkinson's - be it my wife or someone's care partner. I'm sure it's not only stressful, but probably rather humorous at times....
December 7, 2017
Tom’s Common Sense 101
I am constantly amazed at - well, how can I put this mildly - the lack of common sense in some folks out there. (None of my readers, of course!) But some folks... well, you just wonder, were they raised in the back-country by wolves?? Where in the heck did they learn to drive? Or were they raised the same way they seem to be raising their kids? ...
October 20, 2017
Six Months Later…
Isn't that how some books and stories continue? Well, in the same way, this last Sunday, September 10, was exactly six months to the day that I had my DBS implant surgery done! So... in this short blog posting I thought I would give a quick update on how things are going, along some advice for anyone else considering the surgery...
September 15, 2017
Lessons Learned… I’m Not 20 Anymore
I remember when my closest niece was born. My wife got the call and headed up north to help out and, well, just be there. (I, unfortunately, had to work. Oh joy...). Well, this little red-haired baby, whom I've watched grow up into a beautiful young lady, started college this week, along with my other niece. And my first thought was, "Good grief, what happened to the time?!? It was only yesterday I was a good looking (ha!) 20-something young man! What happened!!" Then I look in the mirror and yes, I know what happened! ...
August 29, 2017
Retired…. So NOW what do I do??
So I've been retired now about six months - early, yes, but retired. I've often thought of the day when I can finally not have to do anything work related. Get up whenever I like, go where and when I please, take a nap anytime I want to, and so on...
July 12, 2017
Snake Oil for Parkinson’s???
There are few times when I will write an article like this - one that is critical of someone or something. But this is one of those times that I feel I have to say something. One of my fellow Parkinson's bloggers, Allison, i.e. The Perkie Parkie, (another great Parkinson's related blog!) made mention of an article in one of her Facebook posts...
May 18, 2017