decisions – My journey with Parkinsons

A weighty problem

This is a topic I have touched on before, but one that continues to challenge me. I know that Parkinson’s at some point leads to weight loss, but at the moment my issue is quite the reverse. Some of it is ‘comfort eating’ because we have had a very stressful time of it over theContinue reading “A weighty problem”

Being judged and ‘Disabled’ by others

For the first time since this diagnosis I felt that someone judged and defined me by my ‘condition’. I returned to work after three weeks off – I am an essential worker in a hospital – and there was an HR requirement that I fill in an online questionnaire about my physical health. This isContinue reading “Being judged and ‘Disabled’ by others”

‘Adulting’ is hard…

I am very much trying to face this thing I call ‘Parkies’ head on. Being proactive, rather than reactive as much as I can. There are decisions I could easily defer for a while, but not knowing what ‘a while’ looks like can at times be difficult. So, one of the decisions I have beenContinue reading “‘Adulting’ is hard…”