(a silly thing happened the other day!)I wrote this poem the other day. Well, I started to write it, couldn’t find it when I went back to try to find it and finish it and then gave up and wrote the other poem you may have seen. As I did find the original – thisContinue reading “Oh knickers!”
Category Archives: Getting on with life
Battling the bugs and the boredom…
I have a few things that always seem to happen to me, in relation to my health. I have a delightful (sarcasm) collection of maladies and afflictions. By the time Parkinson’s had come along, I already had a bout of depression, I have got a hiatus hernia and arthritis is basically attacking every joint inContinue reading “Battling the bugs and the boredom…”
What is a friend?
All my life I have not had a great many friends. For many reasons this has always been an unchanging facet of my life. I am not saying this for sympathy at all, in fact I have known people with lots of friends and they have had difficulty keeping them all happy. The more friendsContinue reading “What is a friend?”
Parkinson’s vs Cancer?
I was at bowls the other day and I sat talking to another club member and dropped into the conversation the fact that I had Parkinson’s. He expressed surprise – which is a common reaction – and said that looking at me, he wouldn’t have thought I had the condition. He then dropped his ownContinue reading “Parkinson’s vs Cancer?”
It is better to know
Today I was watching one of the series I follow on Netflix. I don’t know what I would do without Netflix and other streaming services, especially when I have been recovering from one of yet another surgeries. When you are immobile or have limited and painful mobility, any distraction that doesn’t hurt is invaluable! Anyway,Continue reading “It is better to know”
Parent to Child – Child to Parent
Below is a link to my blog regarding this topic. When does the change happen that instead of us being the parent and our children obey our rules to them feeling they have the right to impose their rules on us? Sometimes it can feel like just because we have grey hair or no hair,Continue reading “Parent to Child – Child to Parent”
Parent to child – Child to parent. When does it change?
It’s funny I think when we look back on our previous lives and sometimes we remember events quite differently than when we were amongst it. Bear with me, as I try to explain. When I have reminisced with my children – now very much adults, my youngest turning 40 at the end of the yearContinue reading “Parent to child – Child to parent. When does it change?”
“So you’ve got Parkinson’s the poem….”
So you’ve got Parkinson’sSo you’ve got Parkinson’s what does it meanAre you the person that you’ve always been?So you’ve got Parkinson’s who do you tellOnly those closest who know you so well?So you’ve got Parkinson’s what have you leftHave dreams all been lost and so you’re bereft?So you’ve got Parkinson’s a specialist saidWhat are youContinue reading ““So you’ve got Parkinson’s the poem….””
“So you’ve got Parkinson’s” – some thoughts and a poem
So you’ve got Parkinson’s. Does that mean that everything else in your life must take a back seat and let this beast of a condition take over? No way, I say! Parkinson’s is like the freebee you get with something you wanted to buy. You take it, cos maybe you feel you ought to, butContinue reading ““So you’ve got Parkinson’s” – some thoughts and a poem”
Recovery or regression?
At the moment I am away for a few days with my husband. After four years of pain both from my knee and my back it is sometimes difficult to figure out what causes each new bout of pain. We were going for a gentle bush walk and I was feeling very tired right fromContinue reading “Recovery or regression?”
My journey with Parkinsons 