May Parkinason's Forecast for Anchorage and Environs

In other news there will be a *SPECIAL MEETING* of the support group for those interested in learning more about the new Levodopa gel pump. The program is described by the sponsor this way "The Duopa Patient Partner Program is an educational program developed to provide patients and their caregivers an opportunity to hear from a Duopa Nurse and a Duopa patient. The nurse will provide an educational overview of Duopa while the Patient Partner will share their personal story regarding their experiences with Duopa. A Patient Partner is a volunteer who has agreed to share their story with others affected by Advanced Parkinson’s disease."

This special meeting is scheduled for our usual meeting place on the fifth floor of the Pioneer Home at the usual time, 3:30, on an UNUSUAL DAY, Thursday, May 11. We will also have our regular meeting scheduled for May 20, because you just can't meet about Parkinson's Disease too often! I believe the agenda for that meeting will be a speaker on adaptive devices, but I have been wrong about that before :~{

April Meeting agenda: Hospice and End-of-Life Concerns

Hello friends, We don't expect this Saturday's meeting to be canceled by snow (looks nervously skyward.) So you are all urged to attend the support group. We will have a presentation  from Autumn Pudge of Frontier Home, Health and Hospice, who will speak on "Hospice Services/philosophy, end-of-life, and future planning, etc. I'll bring along any useful handouts/material/information, and answer any questions-or at least suggest a direction for finding any specifics or answers I may not have." 

I hope to see you there as I do not relish the idea of facing this alone!

3:30 the 5th floor, West Lounge of the Pioneer Home,

Until then, I remain your humble servant,

Peter

Shakey-speare: Parkinson's Awareness Month Meets Poetry Month

Long-time friends of this blog (both of them) are all too aware that April is both Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month and Poetry Month. I like to celebrate this cosmic coincidence by mashing up two things that go together like Brussels sprouts and ice cream, namely, PD and Poetry. How? Easy! By  penning, or, more accurately, keyboarding, a Pd poem. Still with me? Good. Here goes...

"I've never seen a Parkie Cow..." No that won't do... "A parkinsonian lad, name of Tucker, was one crazy, tough little ... " no, better not go there...  "Roses are red, Parkinson's shakey, when I'm dyskinetic, my movement is snakey..." no, no!..

OK, I think I got it...