One word can change a life - forever!

One year ago, my doctor dropped a bomb on my life by saying one word! Parkinson's!

It's amazing how one word can change your life forever!

That one word blew my life as I knew it apart.  

It changed me!  

It has changed my life, my relationship with others, my focus, 

my thought process, and just about everything else.

One word - one moment in time - and everything was changed - forever!

 (possibly a little over dramatic - but you get my drift)

True Love

WAY TO GO HUBBY!  

He has decided to participate in the PPMI study.  The same one that I signed up for in December.   http://www.ppmi-info.org/

 I know he is not doing it because of any teasing, hassling, or arm twisting from me, the nurse, or the doctor.  

Because of course, we would  N E V E R  do anything like that!
 
Nope!

There is only one reason Hubby decided to participate, in spite of his queasy aversion to needles!

(Several lumbar puncture procedures are a part of this study)

TRUE LOVE!

Hubby, you are awesome!!!
I love you!

And
All of you who also travel this daunting journey of PD with your loved ones,
You are awesome too!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Note:  They are still looking for a few good men

(with Parkinson's and without)

for this study!

http://www.michaeljfox.org/living_100husbands.cfm

Funny Hubby

My hubby is very funny!  Here is the BD card he gave me:

And the inside said:

...With a little
extra "shake"
Please.

He is a funny man.
He is also a smart man. 
He gave me a beautiful bracelet
and an additional BD card.
A sweet mushy one! 

I love that man!

Denial, Fear, and Hope

I spent the past couple of weeks trying to write a witty post about my feelings of lately.   I just couldn't get it right and deleted it all.  So here are my smart aleck feelings instead!

Denial:  I love it!  
The best coping tool ever invented when facing something that is really scary or upsetting!  But dang it - it doesn't last, and I am constantly being forced to come out of it and face reality.  Ticks me off when that happens. 

Fear:  I hate it! 
It makes me feel horrible and I would avoid it all the time if I could!  But I can't, it keeps sneaking up on me!  And I keep running from it!  Right now - I am faster.  We will see for how long.

Hope:  I have it!  
I sincerely hope that I wake up from this bad dream soon!  LIKE NOW!!!   See - lots of hope and I am sincere about it too!


Done ranting...for now!




 

It's just wrong!

I am exercising more than I have ever exercised in my whole entire life and I still have put on 4 pounds this past month!

 And my measuring tape and clothes tell me it's not muscle mass pounds!

It's just plain wrong!

Of course it has nothing to do with this:

or this:

or this:

or this:

and definitely not this:

Like I said...

It's just plain wrong!!!

Not sick ... yet!

For the past month I have been surrounded, bombarded, overran, harrassed, attacked, and assaulted by icky, yucky, stinking germs!
Everyone around me - grandkids, their parents, my co-workers, and now Hubby - have all been sick!
Everyone around me has had something - running noses, coughs, sneezes, pink eye, pneumonia, bronchitis, staff infections, and they all have felt the need to share!
Tis the season after all!!!
Isn't that special???

Is there a chance I can escape the inevitable?
Yea, I know! I am kind of thinking it will take a miracle too.
But - I can hope - right?
(and keep downing my Vitamin C pills)

Wish me luck - I have a feeling I am going to need it!

Miley Cyrus - The Climb(lyrics)

This sums it up perfectly! Thanks Silfoxx for sharing this with your DS friends!