For several months now, perhaps even up to a year, I have been getting up early in the morning and heading to the local pool at 6.00am. Three days a week, I turn up at the Aquatic Centre with an ever expanding array of accoutrements. When I first started going to the pool I usedContinue reading “Things are going swimmingly…”
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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?”
There’s a fine line…
I have never been what you might consider by any stretch of the imagination, to be athletic. I have never been particularly good at sports. The only two things that could be considered sporting pursuits that I have participated in have seen hockey – at school – and bowls. I did go to the gymContinue reading “There’s a fine line…”
Things are going swimmingly… or are they?
For months now, I have been going to the local swimming pool as I recover from my back operation in February 2025. It was recommended by the surgeon that I do aqua jogging as the best exercise especially in those early days. It is actually very basic. You strap a flotation belt on – IContinue reading “Things are going swimmingly… or are they?”
It’s been a bit of an up and down week this week!
This week has certainly been a busy week, as bowls starts to really get going. This will be my first proper season, where I get to play in inter-club games. They are on a Wednesday morning and a Saturday morning and we are expected to put up our hand for both. Add on to thatContinue reading “It’s been a bit of an up and down week this week!”
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?”
Being my own worst critic or “If patience is a virtue…”
Those of you who have followed my blog for a while will know that I don’t just have Parkinson’s, I have a cocktail of comorbidities (things wrong with me) that affect my life as a package. For the past three years, I have been plagued by arthritis, which caused me to have a total rightContinue reading “Being my own worst critic or “If patience is a virtue…””
Finding my feet again…
Today I went to see a Podiatrist, who had been recommended by my rheumatologist to see if anything could be done about my sore feet. Just another thing in the jigsaw puzzle of complexity surrounding my health and wellbeing. I have spoken to my GP, the Parkinson’s Nurse and had email contact with the surgeon’sContinue reading “Finding my feet again…”
We are all unique
This morning I was reading some posts on a Facebook page that I followed before we went to Rarotonga. It was a useful forum to find out about restaurants, tours, things to do and places to see. The posts this morning that most caught my eye were from a person who put an anonymous postContinue reading “We are all unique”
The times they are a changing
Yesterday, my husband and I took our three beautiful granddaughters out for lunch. The oldest (twins) have recently turned 16 and the youngest soon to turn 12. There have been some changes in their lives over the past few months and with NCEA and just living the life of a teenager, we haven’t seen thatContinue reading “The times they are a changing”
My journey with Parkinsons 