Help me change a light bulb?

So I could blame a lot of things for the nearly impossible task of changing a light bulb, but I'm pretty sure it's 75% shitty product design and 25% user fault, meaning my diminishing fine motor skills related to Parkinson's.About 5 years ago a light bulb burnt out in the hallway....

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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 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...

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New C/L Delivery System Sounds Promising

My gut has issues absorbing medications. Sometimes it doesn't seem to get absorbed, other times it can take hours then suddenly the medicine works. My doctor has been telling me about a new deivery system for carbidopa/levadopa that works like diabetes meds, with a tiny...

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Have you told friends and family or accepted help with expenses?

I'm not very comfortable discussing Parkinson's with close friends and family. Many friends don't ask.They talk to each other, word gets out that I have "something wrong". Friends I do tell? They drift away and say to each other they think I had a stroke, or something. Online...

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You're Still You (song)

You're Still YouSong by Josh GrobanThis is not specific to someone with Parkinson's but the title drew me in and the song is beautiful. Through the darkness i can see your lightAnd you will always shineAnd I can feel your heart in mineYour face I've memorized i idolize just...

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Climb This Mountain (song)

Music is great therapy. Sometimes I share music inspired by a connection to PD. "Climb This Mountain" is the come-back release of country singer Rob Georg, after he took a break from his career due to the Corona Pandemic and taking care of his parents, who have both been diagnosed...

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PD Fatigue, Apathy and Covid

The Covid plague had a lot of invisible effects on people. Two of the Parkinson’s symptoms that ht me very hard are fatigue and apathy.  If you haven't experienced this combo, it's not easy to imagine having good "on time" when meds are working pretty good and having to...

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10 Lesser-Known Parkinson's Disease Symptoms

10 Lesser-Known Parkinson's Disease SymptomsAugust 28, 2015from the MJFF Feed10 Lesser-Known Parkinson's Disease SymptomsBefore you or a loved one was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, you may have only been familiar with the tremor symptom.Unfortunately, the disease brings...

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