When I open up to people about my Parkinson’s – which I often do early on – one of the first things they tend to say is that I don’t look like someone with Parkinson’s. They also say that they don’t notice any issues with standing, walking or tremors. All of the above is true.Continue reading “Forgetting….”
Category Archives: Exercise
Give a busy woman a job…
A saying that’s been around for ages and I think the rest of it goes “…if you want something done”. That applies to me, because the busier I am the more determined I am to get things done. So, even though we are not having Christmas Day with family as such, we are having aContinue reading “Give a busy woman a job…”
Ability vs Disability
As anyone who follows my blog will know, as I recovered first from my knee replacement surgery and then from my back operation – which was a major – my primary aim has always been to get back to bowls. I feel lucky to be able to now play bowls again and I was ableContinue reading “Ability vs Disability”
“At your age”…
Those of you who have followed me for a while will know that I have a confusing cocktail of conditions (the CCC’s) one of them being of course Parkinson’s aka Parkies. It is sometimes difficult to find the cause of a particular symptom or pain because of this. I have back pain, but have undergoneContinue reading ““At your age”…”
Age is all relative…
Here I am in my 64th year and thinking ahead to what a significant year for me will be when I turn 65. In New Zealand the age when you qualify for Superannuation is 65 years and so I will finally have some income coming in. I will be officially a “Pensioner”. I’m not quiteContinue reading “Age is all relative…”
Is lefty doing their job?
This thing that afflicts us, this Parkinson’s in all its forms is as individual as we are all individuals. We all experience some similarities, but the variation between people with the same condition can be vast. One thing that is quite intriguing is the way that Parkinson’s usually starts out on only one side ofContinue reading “Is lefty doing their job?”
I’ve got my mojo back!
Those of you who have been following me lately will have noticed – I am sure – that I talk a lot about playing bowls. It was my main rehab goal for both my knee surgery and my recent back surgery. Also, recently I wrote about my disastrous first singles competition in which I wasContinue reading “I’ve got my mojo back!”
Finding new ways to be – going with things not fighting against
Today I have been trying to get a podcast recording together – a poddy as we say here – and I have experienced quite a lot of technical problems with first some buzzing in the background. When I and the ‘bot’ helping me had fixed the buzz, it sounded like I was in a caveContinue reading “Finding new ways to be – going with things not fighting against”
Billy (or Betty) no mates…
Today I came home from bowls feeling a little bit dejected because I felt I didn’t play very well at all. Like a lot of people, I hate doing something if I can’t do it well and I certainly didn’t do well today. The problem for me at the moment, is that I have hadContinue reading “Billy (or Betty) no mates…”
My poetic nature…
It seems like forever I have been writing poetry. I started when I was five years of age and it’s just something that I have always done. There have been periods of time when I have not written poetry for quite a while, but for the last three or four years I think that IContinue reading “My poetic nature…”
My journey with Parkinsons 