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December 9, 2010
3 Cheers For The Jumping Monkey!
Stem Cells help paralyzed monkey jump again.
I'd jump too had I been paralyzed... and then could move.
This bodes well for future research.. and for hope! Hang on, buddy, as we speak folks in several countries are hard at work to find our cure!
Posted by Lalo at 11:07 AM | Comments (4)
December 5, 2010
Things I Wish I Had Been Told At The Start
I turned 50 a few weeks ago and ever since then I have been in a contemplative state that looks an awful lot like depression. I've been deeply in my own head, caught up in the dramatics of my situation, being quite impressed with how "horrible" things are in my life and use that to talk myself into a whirlpool of excused absences from life.
Picture this renewed attempt to get this blog going again as my hand coming out from the chilly depths, a statement of hope.
In my desire to take positive action I would like to share with anyone who would like to read it, some things I wish that I had been told when I was newly diagnosed with having Parkinson's Disease. It'll be an ongoing series of thoughts that I will share as we go along here.
I am not presenting these as"helpful hints" or "little reminders", you will half-way hear and mostly forget. These thoughts are being shared in the spirit of, if I were sitting with you and we were talking, I'd ask you to look me in the eyes, give me your complete attention and know that what is being spoken of here comes not from books and lectures, but from the heart of a person who lives with PD perhaps just as you do.
1) PD is, and each word is very important, a Progressive, Degenerative, Neurological Disease. These are four heavy words that we will do well to take one at a time to realize their implications.
Progressive means that PD is a disease in which the battlefront of captured territory, a little bit here, a big chunk there, will be a changing thing. Your personal variable here is that no one can tell you how it will manifest, how much time it will take or the severity of symptoms once the disease makes a foothold.
A bright spot here early on is a chink in the disease's armor. That variable I mention above provides a clue to positive action you can take to "perhaps", "possibly" , or "partially" do things to impede the diseases progress. Here is where the bulk of literature a person with PD usually centers. Do these exercises, eat like this, meditate, think positive. You'll hear a lot of this, a lot of testimonials on what seems to have helped for this person or that. Do any or all of these ideas help? Yeah, maybe, or for awhile anyway. You will find that doing something will always beat doing nothing. Positive action will always be better than passive atrophy.
(to be continued)
Posted by Lalo at 4:35 AM | Comments (1122)
December 4, 2010
Ever Feel Like Rip Van Winkle?
A long nap indeed, and certainly inexcusable. So I won't offer a blogger's "Excuse slip" giving extensive good reason for my absence,
Let's just carry on as we always have, always do and always will.
Deal?
Posted by Lalo at 9:51 AM | Comments (0)
