Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Miles to Go
Promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep This is the scene of my morning, which was ever so brief. It was the kind of morning I'd dreamt of prior to 1996, the year I retired from my life's profession, teaching. I had always wanted to sit on the deck on a crisp "back to school" morning and watch the kids trek to school while I stayed home. I had hoped to hear some of the notes of "On Ohio" or another of the high school marching band's fight song wafting over the tree tops, that are just...
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
Before and After the "Bleps"
Before I take up the Rug Doctor work again, I will share my before and after Blepharoplasty pictures. About 8 months ago, when we got our Photo Booth built into our Intel/iMac, and this is the first picture I took. The other picture was yesterday, 9 days after blep surgery. I have eyelids again. Even with swelling, you can see I have eyelids again! I can see better already and as the swelling slowly recedes, 3-6 months, that will improve as well. My mother-in-law asked if this was typical of...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
re: Did You Run Into a Door?
EYE PROGRESS: I was asked by a doctor yesterday when I went in for a Study check if I had walked into a door! This is day five and I certainly look like I fell down the stairs or into a door. But I promised progress reports and this is making progress. It's still pretty puffy and swollen but the stitches came out today. A lot of fluid settled below my eyes, really giving me a black eye effect. I should look a lot different in a few days, the doctor promised! He said I look better and I reported...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Heat Stroke for SICKOS
TAPS got me started, and as she often does, has roused my dormant thoughts about a topic I can personally speak to! That topic is, the danger of heat stroke. Parkinson's has robbed me of my internal thermostat. I am very careful these days when temperatures start to reach three digits as they are nationwide this week. The one thing I am blessed with is central air conditioning. Keeping the mortgage and utilities paid can be a struggle some months, but on a summer day like today, I am thanking...
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Thursday, August 2, 2007
Parkinson's Brought me Freedom
I posted the original blog that tells about how I have found many blessings DUE to having Parkinson's. This is the second half. I first wrote this in July, 2005, where it is posted on blogtext.org/ccwriter71 This is dedicated to you who are teachers, going back to school, preparing for yet another year. I hope that some day you are able to relax this time of year, and soak in some spledid Autumn day as I am about to describe. Imagine yourself... On a typical day, I watched as the morning ground...
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Saturday, July 28, 2007
Zelapar
After watching "The Constant Gardner," that I had no idea was about the power of big corporations (in this case, a pharmaceutical company), it is going to sound somewhat hypocritical of me to say I'm beginning my participation of a new pharmaceutical for Parkinson's disease. I have made a slight variation in my medication for only two days so far, and I cannot say I feel improvement. I may even feel a little slugish and more symptomatic. It is in the Selegilene genre of agonists, meaning there...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Sanctity of Life
My contribution to the following editorial: I have this cartoon hanging from my desk top at all times. This is a reprint of a Yahoo News editorial by Cynthia Tucker. Sat Jul 14, 7:56 PM ET A veteran of combat and police sieges, Richard Carmona thought he knew a dangerous assignment when he saw it. But he didn't know what he was getting into when he signed up to be U.S. surgeon general in the administration of George W. Bush. He entered an unfamiliar high-risk environment, sprinkled with snipers...
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Monday, July 16, 2007
SICKO
If one sees no other film this year, I would recommend Michael Moore's documentary on the state of health care in the United States called "Sicko." This movie hit us right at home. It took me two hours before I could talk without crying. As I walked out of the theatre, I reminded myself how many of us in this country have been brainwashed to believe that we have the best health care around! I know some people left laughing, but I'll bet they have their health and have been covered by insurance...
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Thursday, June 28, 2007
What A Relief It Is!
What A Relief It Is! I'm b-a-a-a--a--ck. I got my brain bionic settings "restored" yesterday meaning I am much less symptomatic and I can even talk with less slurring and more volume. I was feeling on top of the world again and counting my blessings that I let them drill holes in my head eight years ago! Maggie Mae sent an e-mail with a link (below) to remind us to pass on our blessings. Indeed I am blessed with a form of management of an otherwise cruel monster known as Parkinson's disease....
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
What A Pain!
Tonight I cannot make this enemy, this monster that has invaded my body, leave me alone. I am being contorted into painful knots, and my tongue feels like it is flattening out when I attempt to talk. I am getting bites along both sides of it. Speech comes after an extreme effort. This is what advanced stage Parkinson’s is like, eh? I don’t like it, not one bit. In an attempt to get my voice level beyond the unintelligible whisper it has become, I’ve been having some reprogramming done at the...
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