Parkinson's and Being Forgetful!!!!!!!!!!!

        Parkinson's is in my brain and I feel like it is draining my memory, my balance, my healthy feelings, and my coordination.  I have trouble walking, I have trouble going up and down stairs, and I have trouble rolling over in bed. They seem like such simple things but they are really draining me!! I am tired of being tired, I am tired of being off balance, and I am tired of not feeling like myself.  I have always been smart, school came easy to me and I always had a GREAT memory.  Not so much now,  Parkinson's is robbing me of my memory and so many other parts of my life! I have been able to NOT use my walker for a few hours everyday so I save those hours for my social life. I have severe pain but I think it is better to try to walk through the pain because it isn't going away any time soon!!!
       Tonight I went out to dinner with my dinner group friends!!! I took my third dose of  Levodopa and Gabapentin right before I left my home!

  First of all, I went to the wrong restaurant.  I called my friend Jackie earlier in the evening to ask if she was going and she said yes.  So when I was at the restaurant and no one showed up and there was no reservation under any of my friend's names, I started to figure out that I just might be at the wrong place!!A lot of the group is away but the five of us had a really wonderful time!! We laughed and laughed talking about our memories,  and being forgetful!!  I don't know if it is the meds I am taking that makes me forgetful or the Parkinson's or the meds for sciatica!! I feel like I have a doctor's appointment two or three times per week. It angers me because I lived a healthy lifestyle, I never drank, used drugs or smoked(except for my teen years when I thought I was cool!  I thought retirement would be wonderful, that I would feel great and go out of the house every day to do fun things!! I have tried to fight against the effects of Parkinson's but it is NOT easy!!  I am considering volunteering for the Literacy Council but I just don't know if I have the energy to do it! My church has an ESL program but it is all day on Saturdays and I don't want to do that.
       Dan and I just finished booking all the flights and hotels for our upcoming trips. It takes a lot of time to coordinate everything! I won't allow Parkinson's or Sciatica to stop me from traveling. Parkinson's has robbed me of so many things but I REFUSE to give up traveling!! I am certain that Parkinson's  and Sciatica will be traveling with me although I wish they would STAY home!! Parkinson's even sleeps with me  and brings his best buddy sciatica into bed. I guess we are a three some!! Who would have ever thought I would be into a threesome in bed????
      We are going to Vegas in Nov. to see Donny and Marie Osmond because their show is ending soon. Then we are going to Jacksonville Florida with the girls over Olya's college break in Jan. We are going to Universal Studios with the girls during Olya's spring break from college. Our last booked family trip for now is to the Bahamas(my favorite place ever) in May! We invited the girls' boyfriends to the Bahamas, they just have to pay for their airfare! I know Matt is going but not sure about Frankie.   We invited Renee and Adam on all of our trips but I don't know if they will be able to go.  I hope they can go to the Bahamas or Universal with us.  I hope that Adam's brother will be in Disney when we are at Universal because we can go and meet him and his family  for dinner.  We had so much fun with them this year at Chef Mickey's!  We invited Adam's family to come with us to the Bahamas but I don't know if they are going. I think his brother has a trip planned around then,  We would love for Matt's family to come to the Bahamas with us too!