What is the new normal?

Looking back I did not realize how hard the flu hit me.  I lost my appetite and found I had little energy to do the tasks that needed to be done.  Yesterday when I stepped on the scale I weighed under 160 pounds.  I have not weighed that low since high school!  My...

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At least now we know

A week and a half ago I developed flu like symptoms that all came to a head on February 27th..  That meant I had allow someone else to lead the morning service.  The entire service focussed on worship.  The elders read the message I had prepared.  Many said it was the...

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What is what?

One of the struggles I face on a daily basis is trying to determine which symptoms are the result of Parkinson's and which aches and pains come from normal aging or the effect of everyday life.  Case in point, on Tuesday evening I came down with a sore throat and a...

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A few weeks in.

It has been four weeks since I heard the words 'you have the symptoms of the beginning sages of Parkinson's disease.'  Since then I do not believe the existing conditions have gotten worse nor have new symptoms appeared.  For the last several weeks the thought of...

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