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…”
Category Archives: self-care
Why wait till you’re gone?
I remember many, many years ago when my children’s paternal great grandmother passed away. My children were very young at the time and so was I, being in my early twenties. I might even have had just my eldest son. Anyway, the great grandmother passed away and I was asked by my then mother-in-law ifContinue reading “Why wait till you’re gone?”
Are we having a conversation?
In many, many ways women I find, are different from men. Not a startling revelation for anyone, I’m sure. The way that we communicate can be very different too. I have had many a conversation with my female friends about the challenges of communicating with our men. Women, I feel, tend to be more intuitiveContinue reading “Are we having a conversation?”
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?”
The embarrassing stuff…
Last night I was looking at a Facebook Page that I follow relating to Parkinson’s. It has been a source of many topics over the years when writing my blog and subsequently in doing my podcasts. I found a post by a woman called Donna Parkhurst, who has Parkinson’s and also has a podcast comingContinue reading “The embarrassing stuff…”
Impulse control and internet shopping – A confession!
I have always enjoyed shopping whether it be for clothes, perfume, new or used I like them all. I like to potter around in junky little second hand shops and op shops and all the usual shopping haunts. When I have been immobilized by my recovery from my operations and couldn’t get to shops, IContinue reading “Impulse control and internet shopping – A confession!”
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….””
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?”
Do I want to know or do I not?
It sometimes seems to me when you have a ‘condition’ – I refuse to think of myself as ‘diseased’ – that reference to that condition crops up everywhere. Of course with social media being what it is and clever little algorithms (or whatever) stalk you and this affects what comes into your feed. While IContinue reading “Do I want to know or do I not?”
My journey with Parkinsons 