POSITIVE with PARKINSONS

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April 11, 2020 Today I again woke up full of energy. I took my carbidopa-levodopa right away because I have found that my life goes along better when it is working! I got up, showered, cleaned my bathroom, got dressed and did wash. Then I set the table for Easter Dinner! I baked a chocolate fat free cake for dessert tomorrow night. Then I hid a few more things outside for our scavenger, instead of Easter egg, hunt. I hid all types of junk because I threw away the plasti c eggs when I cleaned out the craft room months ago. The girls had not been interested in hunting eggs for the last few years. Dan has two great gifts for them when they find everything!! April 11, 2020 Today I again woke up full of energy. I took my carbidopa-levodopa right away because I have found that my life goes along better when it is working! I got up, showered, cleaned my bathroom, got dressed and did wash. Then I set the table for Easter Dinner! I baked a chocolate fat free cake for desser

April 10, 2020 Today I woke up full of energy! I have no idea why but I just loved it! I was out of bed and dressed by 8:30. Dan and I watched CNN for a bit and then he left for work! I forgot for a short while that I had PD! I cleaned the kitchen counters, then I cleaned the appliances and the oven door inside. Then I did a load of wash, ran the Roomba and ran the Brava Jet MOp. It takes a while because I need to move the throw rugs and chairs, etc. Then I did  some senior exercises sent to em from my friend Hans! He also has PD and he is so nice about sharing info so he is a wonderful resource!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Wtd13lwrc ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Wtd13lwrc . If I can do the exercises, ANYONE can do them!! I had planned to also go for a ten minute walk but it was much too cold and windy for me! We had ordered dinner from a restaurant and Dan went and picked it up with the girls! I set the table and cut a few flowers and lit a few candles. I thought w

APril 9, 2020        Today my sciatica is really bothering me so I am trying to ignore it! Pain is NOT easy to ignore. I think I am becoming institutionalized!! I am now always thinking about the next meal, even when I'm not hungry! I have an order to be delivered from Giant next Tuesday, every time I look at the order, someone has added to it! I have rarely ever eaten breakfast, I was just never hungry in the morning. Now, because i am home all of the time, I am eating  breakfast!          On Fri night we are having steak dinners from Longhorn. Dan will go pick them up! See, I am even blogging about food!         I am so happy that we finally are eligible for a refund from American Airlines! We had planned to go to the Bahamas the second week of May. We purchased the tickets last June! Our hotel cancelled us a few weeks ago and refunded our money. Olya's boyfriend Matt was also going with us. He paid for his own ticket and i am glad that we are getting all the money ref

APril 8, 2020 My sciatica is not as bad now that I stopped doing some of the exercises. I take a 15 minute walk each day now for exercise. I actually feel so much better emotionally after getting out in the sunshine! Olya is outside power washing our back patio. She is such a worker! I have a HUGE food order being delivered on Tuesday! Every time I look at the list, I see that Dan or one of the girls added to it. Yesterday we got a new scale delivered from Kohls. Sometimes when you check your weight in the morning, it sort of stops you from eating as much that day! I am making myself take my walk BEFORE I allow myself to eat anything! Of course, that could change!! My PT called me yesterday. She wants to do some virtual BIG Parkinson's exercises with me. She said that her company is trying to get them approved through medicare. I try to do the BIG exercises after watching Youtube videos but so far, I don't seem to look anything like

April 6, 2020          Today my sciatica was killing me when I got up! I told Dan that I have no idea why it is back and so painful again! He said that he noticed that I had been exercising a lot and maybe that was the reason! I always knew that exercise lead to nothing good!! I don’t know if I should not exercise for a few days and see if my sciatica calms down!           Yesterday Dan and I stopped at Swiss Farms drive through. I told him to put on his mask when we left the cemetery which was only about a 10 minute drive to Swiss Farms.   When we got there, he rolled down his window, took off his mask and told the guy his order!! He wore the mask for the ride there but then took it off when he was chatting with the order guy!! Not too bright!   After we drove away I said to him….”YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO WEAR THE MASK WHEN YOU ARE IN CONTACT with other people. It doesn’t matter if you wear it while driving in the car with me!!!!!” He agreed that it wasn’t the smartest thing he ever

APril 4, 2020 Today was a nice calm day! I felt well rested and my PD seemed totally under control!! However, my sciatica is back. I have been using a heated blanket at night and i wonder if that has anything to do with it, I won't use it for the next few days and hopefully that will help! I did some BIG exercises and some exercises for sciatica. Our food order from Wegman's came about 8 pm. Dan and Olivia and Olya were so excited! You would have thought  that Dan and the girls were starving before it got delivered!! They ate the Chinese food, and Dan also ate half of the container of sliced grapefruit! Dan always says that IT IS ABOUT THE FOOD!! I had ordered a bag of scallops and four lobster tails to cook for Easter. Olya wanted to cook the scallops tonight but i said NO. She opened the big ham I had previously purchased for Easter so I had Dan put the lobster tails and the bag of scallops far back in the freezer!! Dan is helping me look for a laptop computer. My computer do

        Today I got up and felt well rested. I cleaned the bathroom and got dressed.  I am obsessed with the news so I listened to it for awhile.  I heard that now PA residents need to wear a mask when we go out anywhere. I am happy about that.  However, I think that poor people should get masks for free!  Maybe the governor thinks that they can use stimulus money for that. But when you think about it, $1200 is not a lot of money. It would probably pay for a month's rent or a car payment and insurance!         Yesterday when I was walking, I noticed that I am still pitching forward when I go downhill. I am fine going uphill and I tell myself that I need to keep my shoulders back. But when i walk down even a slight incline, I am afraid that I will fall! I only walk for 10-15 minutes but I was a bit scared of falling so I changed my route today and I was just fine!  Maybe I should go for a walk a short time after I take my meds and the pitching forward won't happen!         Whe

   April 2, 2020     Yesterday I did go exercise!  I did my PD BIG exercises for about 10 minutes. I just can't remember how to do the other ones. My therapist had just started showing them to  me.  I watched a youtube video but I just can't get my body and my brain coordinated. My therapist called me today and I was telling her about my issues with my brain connecting to the exercises!  Sh e says it is because of the lack of dopamine in my brains!  She thinks that perhaps we could do some virtual sessions and she could watch me and tell me where I am messing up! Later I took a ten minute walk. I didn't tell the girls that I was going outside because they were hibernating in their bedrooms. Apparently they came downstairs while I was gone and called Dan to tell him that I was missing!!  He told them that he knew I was around there somewhere!         Today I did 10 minutes of BIG exercises. My therapist described one to me that I was having trouble doing. But I hear her wor