For this week’s ThrowBack Thursday, let’s have a Tupperware(TM) party! Let’s begin with the mostly forgotten wagon road over Union Pass. These days, if you want to get from Georgetown, Colorado to Empire, Colorado you hop onto I-70 then take the exit for US 40. In doing so, … Continue reading Today’s TBT (or is it DDT?)
As I slowly wander through and post my old photos from all over Colorado (and beyond), I find this blog is gradually becoming a book of day trips from Denver. There are plenty of Denver Day Trip books already on the market, but none of them … Continue reading Denver Day Trips
It’s Thursday once again! Time for me to retrieve some more photos from my JPG vault, deep below the Earth’s crust. This week, we’re looking at another hodgepodge of pics. Not surprisingly, it’s mostly Colorado, but this time there are some Las Vegas pics as well. Let’s begin with … Continue reading Hodge vs. Podge – who will win?
It’s been a while since I posted anything about my dog, Bear, so here’s a quick one fer ya. This is Bear laying claim to my hall bathroom, when he was about two months old, and again at the age of three years.
A few weeks ago, I told you about a new spreadsheet I had created to help with taking inventory of meds in preparation for travel. It occurs to me that I should also share my packing list. But with the packing list, I have stayed decidedly old … Continue reading OLD Helpful Tool!
It’s that time of the week! Throwback Thursday – when I finally get around to sharing photos from past trips. This week, it’s a day trip on my 40th birthday, which I am disturbed to think is already more than a decade ago. For that birthday, I … Continue reading Bison and Gold Mines
Long ago, a relative sent me a link to a news article about “lion’s mane” mushrooms and their possible use in fighting Parkinson’s Disease (PD). The article made it sound like this particular type of mushroom may be quite helpful. I decided to add some lion’s mane to my diet. Unfortunately, I was never able to find any grocery outlets that carried this particular fungus, and any thought of it slipped to the back of my mind. Which is a scary place, but that’s not what this post is about.
A few weeks ago, I was reminded of lion’s mane mushrooms (though I forget what it was that reminded me). I did some fresh Googling and read a few articles. Many of these articles were extremely scientific (i.e., hard to read), so I’ll just point you to this one, which sums things up in a human-readable form. At this point, I’m feeling pretty good about lion’s mane, so I decided to see if I could find it in pill form, since my attempts at finding full-fledged fungus failed, folks. A quick Amazon search for “lion’s mane extract” turned up loads of options. I focused on dietary supplements, though I made a mental note that you can also order a kit to grow your own lions mane ‘shrooms.
One thing to note: According to at least one of the articles I read, you need to read the label to make sure you’re getting the correct part of the mushroom. Apparently, there are two main parts to a mushroom: the fruiting body and the mycelium. It seems the helpful stuff is found only in the mycelium. I saw quite a few products on Amazon that only mentioned fruiting bodies. In the end, I settled on a brand that says it contains both parts. It contains 7,500 mg “per serving”; the articles I read concluded that 1,000 to 1,500 mg per day is appropriate, but I want results NOW, DAMMIT!
Any way…I’ve been taking them for a week now. It seems like my anxiety and depression have been slightly reduced, but those symptoms vary so much that it’s hard to gauge anything by them. I’ll let you know if I experience any major changes in my PD symptoms. If I don’t notice any changes after a year, I’ll take stock of my condition and report back to you at that time.
Hello, and welcome to the wonderful world of text! Not texting – nothing that new-fangled, no sirree! Just text. And pictures. Lots of pretty pictures. As I’ve mentioned before, back when I lived in Colorado, I made regular trips to the Glenwood Springs area. This … Continue reading East of Glenwood Springs
Some time ago, I mentioned that I was using the Timer function on my phone to help me take my meds on time. Basically, I start the timer when I take my first dose in the morning, it sounds an alarm three hours later, and I respond by resetting the alarm and taking pills. This worked great for about 10 months. But yesterday, I forgot to set the timer when I took my morning pills. But I remembered when I needed to take my next dose, so I took it on time…and AGAIN forgot to start the timer! This time, I didn’t realize my mistake until I was feeling pretty ragged. And so, I finally set the timer…but this time, I forgot to take the damn pills! About half an hour later, I discovered this new mistake, then corrected it by taking the pills and resetting the timer. Three hours later, I got the alarm. So I reset the timer and AGAIN forgot to actually take the pills! Today at lunchtime, it was the same thing: I reset the timer without actually taking the meds!
So, I ask you, does anyone make an alarm clock that will slap me upside the head? Alternatively, have any of you had this problem, and found a good solution? I’m all ears (except for the rest of my body).
Voyages with Parkinson's 