Dealing with Parkinson's Disease

I heard this Elton John tune covered by Joni Mitchell and heard the words so loud this morning. I thought I'd share it with you. Joni Mitchell, Annie Lennox, Brandi Carlile and Sista Strings interpret Elton John's classic song "I'm Still Standing" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song concert honoring Elton John and Bernie Taupin at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., March 30, 2024. "I'm Still Standing", with lyrics written by Bernie Taupin, was released as a single on Elton John's 1983 studio album Too Low for Zero.

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I woke up at 4am with this song in my head. Well, I won't back down, no I won't back down You can stand me up at the gates of Hell But I won't back down Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down Gonna stand my ground and I won't back down Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out Hey, I will stand my ground and I won't back down Well, I know what's right, I got just one life In a world that keeps on pushin' me around But I stand my ground and I won't back down Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out Hey, I will stand my ground and I won't back down No, I won't back down Source:  LyricFind

A brief interruption. Most of you come to this blog to read the posts related to Parkinson's Disease.   I've been experimenting with various settings on this blog in an attempt to get it listed in popular search engines, trying to remove whatever is preventing the blog from appearing in search results. You may see the appearance radically change a few times a day as I experiment with setting but the blog content is not changing.  All the postings about YOPD and PD are still there. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image; make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity.   For a few hours last week the entire blog was unreadable on mobile devices and a couple of you asked what is going on. So in the spirit of transparency, that's what's going on. Do not adjust your set. And now back to the blog posts, already in progress.

The music is not specific to PD. I'm a music fan and some mornings I share a few songs. This morning I'm just feeling invisible, misunderstood and missing. Friends have moved on with their lives, With a look of ease drawn on my face, it's easy to misread my feelings as lack of concern. I do worry and I do care. Stuck inside myself.  Stiffness and pain. Frozen.  I miss me.