Finding Relief in an Unexpected Place: My First Visit to a Chiropractor in 8 Years
Yesterday, I did something I hadn’t done in almost a decade — I saw a chir…
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Five Tips to Support a Loved One with Parkinson's (Ask the MD Video)
A network of love and support can be an important piece of the puzzle when it comes t…
Rock Climbing for Parkinson's
It started with something small. Vivek Puri, a successful businessman in Northern V…
PD Quick Tip - Facial Masking
Facial masking is when you have a blank expression, you aren't able to convey emot…
Parkinson’s “Off” Time: What It Looks Like, and How to Manage It - MJFF
What does it mean when we say that Parkinson’s can go from “off” to “on” and then back…
GOCOVRI update 1
It's been a few weekson GOCOVRI, I'd say early results are reduced off times …
Any GOCOVRI success stories?
The last two visits to my movement disorder specialist (MDS) each had a new doctor. Ea…
Wake Up Brain, Wake Up
Sometimes it feels like a part of my brain is asleep. It isn't talking or listenin…
Neurologist explains symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
The doctor being interviewed explains the hallmark signs of Parkinson's Disease. A…
Congress Passed the National Plan to End Parkinson's Act
Big news just in from Michael J. Fox foundation The U.S. Senate today unanimously pass…
PD Quick Tip - Falling?
Am I a klutz or is it a PD fall? I've fallen down a few times while out walking, …
I Won't Back Down (song)
I woke up at 4am with this song in my head. Well, I won't back down, no I won&#…
PD Open Message on Facebook
I've been going back and forth whether I wanted to 'go public' with the ne…
🎵 Samba, Stiffness, and Surprising Hope: How Rhythm Is Helping People with Parkinson’s
Researchers at Cardiff University are hoping to launch a study to discover if there is…
PD Quick Tip - Heavy, sleepy eyelids
Suddenly my eyelids feel so heavy, and at the worst times. It's happened when I am…
Blog Name and URL Changing to parkinsons48.blogspot.com
The name of this blog is changing from screwpd to parkinsons48.blogspot.com The for…
April is Parkinson's Awareness Month
April is Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month, chosen because it is the birth mon…
PD Apathy is very real
I brought up Parkinson's Apathy to a group last week and was surprised I received …
Parkinson's Unity Walk 2024
Parkinson's Unity Walk Saturday April 27th 2024 • 8:30am - 1pm, Central Park,…
Cognitive and Non-motor Symptoms
This presentation feels like it is talking for me. Joanne Hamilton talks about some n…
PD Quick Tip - Freezing
If you get "stuck" walking, brushing teeth, in the shower scrubbing shampoo,…
Blog Construction: Frequent Design Changes
A brief interruption. Most of you come to this blog to read the posts related to Park…
Help me change a light bulb?
So I could blame a lot of things for the nearly impossible task of changing a light bu…
Keep Me In Your Heart (song)
The music is not specific to PD. I'm a music fan and some mornings I share a few s…
New C/L Delivery System Sounds Promising
My gut has issues absorbing medications. Sometimes it doesn't seem to get absorbed…
Medical bill decoded by ChatGPT
Forget 8 minute doc appointments-for around $20 out of pocket, you can get…
The Job No One Sees: Life as a Parkinson’s Caregiver
Trying to explain to someone how much my spouse does for me is not easy. W…