How Am I Doing?
It’s been five days since the medical staff at Mount Sinai turned on the current in my DBS system. In general, the time since then has been OK. For the […]
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Heads Up! It’s Time for Deep Brain Surgery!
I’m about to undergo three procedures to surgically install Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) wires in my head and a battery pack in my chest.
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Where Am I With DBS?
********** ********** I’m in the queue for getting Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), and from my perspective, it’s a long one. I had my first meeting with some of the DBS
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Update on Earworms
********** ********** Do you know what an earworm is? It’s a song that keeps playing repeatedly in your head, even when you don’t want it to. Lately I find that
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I’ve Been Approved for Deep Brain Stimulation
********** ********** This week I was approved for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), whereby neurosurgeons will drill two holes in my skull and insert a wire in each to electrically stimulate
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Getting to the Bottom of Constipation
******** ******** Getting to the Bottom of Constipation First off, a joke: I hope this blog post isn’t so packed with info that you have to stress and strain
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Updated Medication List
******** Here’s my updated medications list. Morning, when I wake up: Carbidopa/Levodopa 25-100: 2.5 tabs Clonazepam 1 mg: 1 tab Clonazepam 0.5 mg: 1 tab Metoprolol 25 mg: 1 tab
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I Return to Ping Pong
********** ********** I returned to ping pong today, after a haitus of probably a few years (torn Achilles tendon; the pandemic; worsening of my Parkinson’s symptoms, among other problems.) I
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On Balance
********** ********** This week the NY Times reprinted an article about balance training, which is probably an overlooked area of concern for many people, whether they have Parkinson’s or not.
Introducing Levodopa Inhalation Powder (Inbrija)
********** ********** If you have Parkinson’s and are taking carbidopa-levodopa in a pill form, you may find that after a few years you experience “off” periods where the drug doesn’t
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