Sinemet Romance
Do you have an on-again-off-again love affair with Sinemet (carbidopa/levodopa)? I just started taking the drug, and I’m starting to worry that it’s a part-time lover. I’ve had Parkinson’s disease […]
Bruce
Which Side Do You Sleep On?
Sleeping on your side instead of your stomach or back may help prevent Parkinson’s disease, as it enables the brain to remove waste products more easily. The World Parkinson Coalition recently posted
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Chocolate and Parkinson’s. Sign Me Up!
Many Internet news outlets are posting articles about chocolate and PD, with such tempting titles as “Could Chocolate Help to Ease Parkinson’s Disease?” I click an article, start salivating, start searching
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The Team Fox Athletic Life
Here’s a selfie with me, Kari and Nicole (two of New York’s Nicest) at a bar packed with athletes on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, shortly after we ran a 5
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The Sun in Poetry
The Dark Hills Dark hills at evening in the west, Where sunset hovers like a sound Of golden horns that sang to rest Old bones of warriors under ground, Far
My Medication Update
Here are all my prescription drugs and dosages, including some that I started taking before my Parkinson’s diagnosis. I hope I’m recording the dosage amounts from the bottle labels correctly – sometimes
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Summer Break
I’ve been off-line the past few days, as my husband and I spent a long weekend with friends up in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and I intentionally did not bring my computer.
What’s It Like Having Parkinson’s II?
I recently blogged some simulation activities for non-Parkies who ask: What’s it like having Parkinson’s disease? Click here for a surprise answer. If anyone wants to try this with me, leave a
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Do I Sound Gay?
You don’t have to answer that; I already know. People have told me, sometimes angrily. For example, in one heated family argument many years ago, a family member snapped, “You don’t
A Life in Sin (emet): Yes, I Can!
I’ve been on a low dosage of Sinemet (carbidopa/levodopa) for about a month now. One of the payoffs is that I can use a can opener again. Until I started
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