Tag: Parkinson's

Seasonal Affective Disorder?

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After my first few years with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), I noticed that about once a year, the PD would get significantly worse for a few weeks or months. I would tell my PD specialist about the new problems, and we would change something in my pill regimen, after which I would soon feel significantly better. But it occurred to me recently that, at least for the last two years (probably more), these Annual Worsenings have taken place during the winter months, with the Annual Get Betterments happening in the spring.

I’ve never seen Seasonal Affective Disorder listed as being associated with PD, but I’m beginning to think I may have both. The true test would be to buy a winter home in New Zealand, but I don’t want to be on a flight that long. So, I guess we’ll never know. On a completely unrelated note:

Over the last coupla days, whenever I’ve opened Microsoft Edge, I’ve been greeted by the screen shown below…

I keep asking myself, how exactly does one “celebrate 50 years of Microsoft”? The imagery that pops into my head is a guy yelling, “Wooooo! Let’s get rip-roarin’ drunk and try to install Windows For Workgroups 3.11 from floppy diskettes!” And, as pathetic as it sounds…I kinda wanna join him.

Oh, Poo!

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WARNING: This post contains frank descriptions of poop. Do not read this post while operating machinery (except maybe a manure spreader). It’s been two and a half years since this blog last addressed constipation. During that time, my own constipation has very gradually worsened. Mannitol, … Continue reading Oh, Poo!

Moron Nicotine

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It's been several months now since I told you I'd be continuing the nicotine trials, and I finally resumed them a week ago.  On Monday of last week, I began using 14 mg nicotine patches (one per day).  As with the 21 mg patches I tried earlier this year, the first few days were great.  But on Friday, I started experiencing unusual muscle weakness in my legs and I felt more unsteady than usual.  So, I stopped with the 14 mg patches.  But I'm still not giving up.  Assuming everything returns to "normal" over the next couple days, I'll start using a 7 mg dose on Election Eve.

Speaking of elections, I'm thinking about filing a class action lawsuit against both of the major political parties.  This lawsuit will not seek any money.  Instead, I'm hoping to get a court order that would require political parties to provide candidates that are actually worth voting for.