Tag: Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s Symptom and Upcoming Travel

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This week on Thymptom Thurthday, I’m talking about Dry Eye. But I’m not talking much about it, because it’s pretty straightforward.

I’ve seen Dry Eye referred to as a non-motor symptom of Parkinson’s Disease (PD). It’s caused by reduced blinking, which sounds more like a motor symptom to me. Either way, the solution for most folks is just to use lubricating eye drops. I experienced dry eye early on, and the eye drops worked for me. At some point, the problem went away. I can only guess that one of the PD drugs has returned my blinking to normal, but I really couldn’t tell ya which one. I still need the eye drops when I visit places with low humidity (e.g., Colorado), but while I’m here in Carolina, my eyes are wetter than my dog’s nose.

You may have noticed this blog has been a bit dead lately. Well, fear not! In another few weeks, this site will be flooded with Travel Reports, as I will be taking three trips in three months. These shall be:

August – Utah

September – New York City

October – Maryland

In the meantime, I still have more to say about the Vyalev pump, plus I plan to test and review TravelJohn!

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.