I recently learned that Neil Diamond has Parkinson's Disease. I always loved his music and still do! He has had PD at least since 2018. We all learned about Muhammad Ali many years ago, I had always thought he became a PD patient because he was struck in the face and head so many times .Everyone knows about Michael J Fox because he has started a foundation to help with research and treatment. Alan Alda is another famous person with PD, along with Linda Ronstadt. Another public figure with PD is Jamie Fox, he was diagnosed at age 29. The newest person that was in the news was Ozzy Osbourne. Maybe there have always been this many public figures with the disease and I just didn't notice or maybe I am noticing more because I now have PD! NBA player Brian Grant also has PD. I wonder if it is toxins in the environment that we have all been exposed to. Perhaps more and more people are being diagnosed because we now have longer life spans. And I also think that people were more secretive about their medical issues years ago. Supposedly there are over 1 million people in the U.S. diagnosed with Parkinson's and there are over 10 million people diagnosed worldwide. That is A LOT of people!
And we are them and they are us. Their celebrity only helps them with the ability to travel for clinical trials and to get into see the best specialists. But they are still us and we are still them. I feel like I have one of the best doctors. He is head of the neurology department at a major hospital system near where I live and he is a Parkinson's specialist. PD cuts across genders, races, ages, religions and socioeconomic statuses. It doesn't matter where you live or who you are.
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well that wasn't my case I play in a rock band and we play heavy rock..there is nothing much to say about PD that is uplifiting i suppsoe but the fact that everyone is in the same boat is to me a really amazing thing..suddenly music tastes...don;t become such a big deall..as if it ever was
Today I woke up with a stuff neck! It is so painful that I forgot about my sciatica for a while. I took two Tylenol every few hours and maybe that is why my sciatica didn't bother me as much as it usually does. I could feel the pain in my neck every time I moved! I didn't realize how much I move my head all day long until it was painful to do so. I got up at 7:30 because I had workers coming to clean my kitchen floor. I just can't do it any more! They didn't get to my house until 9:30 because they are also working on my driveway and had to get filler and blacktop stuff! I cleaned the kitchen while I waited for them. Tomorrow I just have to clean the family room and run my Roomba! My Parkinson's was definitely front and center, even with my stiff neck. I kept freezing in one spot and my balance was way off!. It is really annoying to be cleaning a toilet and feeling like you are going to fall into the bowl!! Yesterday I chatt...
Today was an absolutely beautiful day, it was probably in the high seventies. When it's a nice day, we always take our folding chairs and sit at the cemetery for awhile. I had my book with me and Dan took the newspaper. On the front page was a sad story about two young women who used Heroin. One young woman purchased the heroin and the other young woman died from an overdose. The purchaser and her 17 year old sister left the young woman, an only child, in a bathroom in a fast food place when they couldn't revive her with water, etc. That young woman was found after they left and taken to a hospital where she died. Now, the young woman who purchased the heroin was sentenced to twenty something years in prison. Her 17 year old sister testified against her and was set free after the trial I think that is a rather severe sentence but a bright and beautiful young woman is dead forever. ...
Yesterday we went to see The Christmas Miracle at a sight and sound theater! It was amazing and we all had a nice time. Olya and her boyfriend Matt came with us, they met us there because Olya went home with Matt on Friday. Olivia and her "friend" Anthony also met us there. I think they all had a nice time at the show. We went to eat at the Waffle House after the performance! Yesterday was NOT a bad day for me with PD, but it was really bad with Sciatica. I think my Sciatica is worse when it is cold! And it was really cold here yesterday! I have been wearing my scarf and my gloves in the house, I have no idea whether it is PD related or not. I have a gas insert fireplace and I run it constantly so my house is usually warm, not sure why I am so so cold. Today we went with my sister and her three adult children to see the play Buddy the Elf! It was really cute, it sort of really gets us ...
After Ozzy Osbourne announced he has Parkinson's last month I said to my wife "Wow, I never thought I'd have anything in common with Ozzy Osbourne."
ReplyDeletewell that wasn't my case I play in a rock band and we play heavy rock..there is nothing much to say about PD that is uplifiting i suppsoe but the fact that everyone is in the same boat is to me a really amazing thing..suddenly music tastes...don;t become such a big deall..as if it ever was
DeleteTotally agree with both of you!!
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