Standing at the sink, pouring myself a Pepsi. Out of the corner of my left eye, I see a mouse run out of the closed cabinet door beneath the sink. He’s black and not all that big, and I can see his tail as he hurries toward the doggie gate.
I turn and look.
No mouse.
Is this [...]
Some items of note that seem appropriate for my 10-year anniversary as a person with Parkinson’s disease.
1. Ten years after diagnosis, those with PD are 20 times more likely to experience a hip fracture compared to age- and sex-matched control groups.
2. Regarding Parkinson’s disease dementia: The dementia usually begins about ten years after diagnosis.”
3. Regarding [...]
I will go on record here and now as saying my wife makes the best damn chicken soup in the entire world! Thick, rich, chunky with carrots, celery, big hunks of chicken, onion, and deliciousness!
Now if it would only help my brain!
Did my weekly brain check versus Lumosity.com and My Brain Trainer.com today. I like [...]
OK. So I’m sitting there watching a very good football game between the Jets and Chargers when I saw something on my chest. I brushed at it and it settled on my right wrist, then flew away and vanished. It looked like a Mayfly. But it couldn’t have been. So then I wondered if it [...]
Found a new online braintester today. MyBrainTrainer.com. Just spent some time testing myself in all the various areas. I’ve been feeling very head-cloudy and slow today. When Gail and I went to the store for lunch, I found I was having trouble talking. Wanted to tell her that I was going to the frozen food [...]
I swear, my brain is turning into a soft pudding.
Some time ago, I set my iPhone to alert me when it’s time to take a pill. Now, unless I get up IMMEDIATELY and take the pill when the alarm goes off, I forget.
Yesterday, I blew off two pills. I was sitting here at my keyboard, [...]
Yeah, today is a much better day — so far. Actually as the day went on yesterday, I got better and better.
I’m still feeling kinda logy and disconnected, but nowhere near as lobotomized as I did yesterday morning. I was able to perform my basic morning tasks with no real difficulties, except for a brief [...]
