Before I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), I only knew one thing about it: that it causes tremors. I had never dreamed of the cornucopia of symptoms that I now get to experience on a daily basis. Case in point: Dry Eyes. From time … Continue reading Dry Eyes
Have you ever thought to yourself (or to anyone else) that you’d like to be able to go on a scenic mountain hike without having to spend a bunch of time in the car to get there and back? If you said / thought Yes, … Continue reading Royal Arch and Flagstaff Mountain (March 2011)
The date is finally set for my Refractive Lens Exchange surgery. Assuming I pass one final evaluation at the end of this week, I will get my bionic eyeballs on July 31st. Now that I know that, I can finally begin planning my summer trip. And I’ve decided to go to Michigan in mid-August. My plans include four museums (including two railroad museums), two national lakeshores, two state parks, one rock arch, one historic fort, and far too much fudge. And I will report it all to you here, on Voyages With Parkinson’s!
As for the rest of the year, I’ve decided to drop my earlier idea of going to New England for the foliage. Instead, I will take my annual Colorado trip at the end of September / beginning of October. I can only hope the aspens will be as stunning as they were two years ago.
It was a different time. A more innocent time. A smellier time. What the Hell am I talking about? I don’t know. But it was definitely late July of 2010. I was road-trippin’ from Idaho to Colorado and had but one day on the itinerary … Continue reading Tetons and Yellowstone (July 2010)
Before I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), I only knew one thing about it: that it causes tremors. I had never imagined the rich tapestry of symptoms that I now get to deal with from day to day. I imagine at least a few … Continue reading Sense of Smell
Here’s something the vast majority of you will have absolutely no interest in: During July 2010, I went to a family reunion. Now, don’t worry, I’m not going to bore you with stories/pictures of my family. I only mention it because four of us did … Continue reading Idaho (July 2010)
Note: this is a continuation from Part 1. Well, I’ve got it all figured out now. The drastic change in symptoms that I described in Part 1 was due to nicotine poisoning. When I ran out of my initial two-week supply of nicotine patches, I … Continue reading Sudden Change in Symptoms (Part 2)
Do you have a room in your house that you never go into? And/or one where you haven’t opened the curtains / blinds in quite some time. I have the latter type. It’s the dog’s room. I keep the curtains closed in there in hopes that he’ll see fewer people / things outside to bark about. Well, I went into this room the other morning, opened the curtain, and was faced with this:
Yup. A vine that is trying to completely cover a bush just outside the window has actually found its way INTO THE HOUSE. It managed to squeeze in through a tiny gap where the two window frames come together (when the window is closed). What are the odds? Seriously, what are they? Now that I know the outcome, I might use the Way-the-Hell-Back Machine to go to Vegas and place a bet on it. Come to think of it, why am I not already using my Way-the-Hell-Back Machine for sports betting? I need to get my priorities straight.
At the end of my previous ThrowBack Thursday (TBT) post, I said that the destination for my next TBT will likely be Eldorado Canyon State Park near Boulder, Colorado. Due to a lack of unforeseen circumstances, I was right. So, let’s head back to July … Continue reading Eldorado Canyon State Park (July 2009)
Tuesday was Day Five of my Grand Nicotine Experiment. And I felt damn good. I went to my usual Rock Steady Boxing session, and all the exercises we did seemed effortless. It was the best I’ve felt during a workout in years. Wednesday and Thursday … Continue reading Sudden Change in Symptoms
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