For the past 3 years,give or take, I have had tremors that get so bad sometimes,I cant hold a fork.I can barely write my name.Sometimes my right thumb has a mind of its own and makes a claw formation with my fingers.Talk about pain,ouch!At night,my legs decide
it"s time to try dancing while I am trying to sleep.
The Doctors gave me a drug called CARBIDOPA 50/LEVODOPA.It has become a miracle drug for me. They also gave me CYCLOBENZAPRINE to fix the spasms.Finally, after two years, my brain is scanned. I knew they would not find any intelligence there. They also
didn't find enough dopamine.Now I was told I have Parkinson"s.I was monitored for awhile
and then had the x-ray.
I was told to get exercise, I said more than the 10 miles a day I run now? The Doc laughed,and assured me that was enough exercise.I was told to apply for benefits for help when I may be bed-ridden.I assured the Doc,I would die running or from someone I made mad .
Parkinson"s is just a label,nothing more. Micharel J.Fox ,the actor,makes a great living
exploiting his disease.I use that word in a positive way. He is showing the World he can still work.I see soldiers with no legs climb mountains,run races, They never got the
memo that their life was now over because part of their body is missing.
A beautiful Congresswman named TammyDuckworth knows a thing or two about War
and service.
One million Americans have Parkinson"s,according to the National Parkinson foundation,
I write this for them and if you might know someone or if YOU have Parkinson"s.
Keep doing what you have always done, exercise as much as you can! think positive
thoughts. Meditate.Never think of Parkinson"s as anything but a label.I know one lady
who has had Parkinson"s 8 years. Booth Gardiner,ex-Governor of Washington State had
the disease over 10 years before he died.
It"s a sunny and cold day in Washington State, frost is still on the lawns. I don"t care.
I am going running.