Parkinson's Activities for the month of September in the Anchorage Area

With Winter on its way we need distraction from dwelling on the coming cold and dark! What better distraction could there be than Parkinson's Disease? The diversion kicks off Monday, September 14 at 1:00 pm. with a telehealth interactive broadcast. The subject will be "The benefits of Tai Chi for everyone" taught by Kaiya Treffry - Instructor for ACT 2. To find the Alaska meeting proceed with all deliberate speed to Providence Hospital oncology wing on Piper St. ( Go to the second floor, walk down the lonnnnnnnng hall that stretches South from the cafe and look for room 2401 pretty much at the end of the hall on your right.

As for our regular support group meeting, the magic eight ball says it's on for Saturday the 19th of September, but details beyond that are hazy. The Northwest chapter of the American Parkinson's Disease Association had been talking about staging a small conference for us on that day, but I haven't heard from them for awhile. Details as they emerge from the inky depths of the eight ball. To be continued...

This just in from the eight ball, it turns out that I weill have to miss this meeting, as I will be up in Denali Park, driving the road with a lottery winner. I encourage people to meet anyway and discuss their PD concerns with one another.

Peter

The Parkinson's Forecast for November, Anchorage and Environs

Hello Mr. and Mrs. Parkinson's and all ships at sea! Here is your PD update for the festive but crepuscular month of November...

The 12th of November will kick off the PD events calendar with a new edition of the telehealth conference at 1:00 p.m.  The speaker: Dr. Daniel Burdick on "Caregiving to the caregivers". Telehealth interactive seminars take place at Providence hospital in their oncology building off Piper st. Go to the second floor walk down the lonnnnnnnng hall that stretches South from the cafe and look for room 2401 pretty much at the end of the hall on your right.

Off and On is excited to report on the following special report: Parkinson’s Disease: An Update, a talk to be given by Ali Samii, MD. Movement Disorder Specialist, Professor of Neurology and Adjunct Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington and the VA.  Dr. Samii will speak in Anchorage Tuesday, Nov. 13. There will be a 12:30 p.m. Registration followed by the talk from 1:00 p.m. -2:30 p.m. The program will be held at the Sheraton Anchorage, 401 East 6th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 276-8700. Parking and Box Lunches will be provided. Please RSVP to 1-877-229-4532 ext 1035776

Our regular support group meeting will be held Saturday, Nov. 17, 3:30 on the fifth floor of the Anchorage Pioneer home in the West lounge, topic TBA.

Don't forget, every Tuesday at 1:00 p.m, there is a class teaching Dance for People with PD at the Alaska Dance Theater building, 550 E 33rd Ave in Anchorage, from one until two in the afternoon. 

 The Anchorage Parkinson's Disease Support group, "We've got your disease!" 

August Alaska Parkinson's Calendar

August is here. If, like me, you still have Parkinson's Disease, you may be interested in the following...

Monday, August 8, 2011 A Parkinson's Telehealth Seminar on Bone Health and PD with Dr. Lynn Kohlmeir. Look for this event in room 2401 at 1:00 p.m. in the Providence oncology wing. Go to the second floor walk down the lonnnnnnnng hall that stretches South from the cafe and look for room 2401 pretty much at the end of the hall. The room will be on your left, not far from the statue of Mary in the nook at the end of the hall.

We will have our regular meeting on the 20th, fifth floor of the Pioneer home, 3:30, subject to be announced.

I also would like to bring your attention to The Alaska Parkinson's Page on facebook. This is an effort to create a place where people who are not able to take advantage of our support group can have a virtual support group on the internet. If you know of people who live out of town, or simply can't get to meetings for whatever reason, please point them to This page

I would be happy to have suggestions on what to include there, so check it out and chime in.

Get outside while it's not raining!

Alaska Parkinson's events for July

Hello one and all,

here is what's on for July:

Monday July 11 at  1:00 p.m. Parkinson's Telehealth presentation in room 2401 in the Providence oncology wing. This will be a talk with neurologist Susuie Ro  about PD, sleep and fatigue, and what to do about it.

Saturday July 16 Our regular meeting will be a talk based on notes I obtained at a recent PD conference outside.

I hope your Summer is going well.

Onward.


Peter

Parkinson's Forecast for May in Southcentral Alaska

Hello friends, We're festinating forward into May with our usual festivities. May 9th will be the telehealth presentation "How to function safely in our surroundings", at Providence hospital. Look for this event in room 2401 in the new oncology building at 1:00 p.m. This will be followed with our monthly support group meeting May 21, at 3:30 in the Pioneer Home. I plan to present a live reenactment of Dr. Melanie Brandabur's wellness for PD talk at the recent Parkinson's Association of South Dakota Conference, from which I just returned. All the drama! All the laughs! All the Parkinson's you can stand!

Support Group Update for January

Hello friends, Yes it's time for the January PD update. It's a bold new year and your support group motto for 2011 is "No Fear!" Our next meeting will be January 15. Our guest will be juggler Jim Kerr, who will provide us with tips on balance. That's Jim in the clip above juggling fire, and the background music is also Jim, conjuring up musical fire. You can see that this will be a meeting you won't want to miss!


On January 10 there will be a telehealth presentation at Providence hospital called "Take charge of your medications". Look for this event in room 2401 at 1:00 p.m.

Best to each of you in 2011,

Pete

October in Parkinson's: What's Brewing

The daylight hours are growing shorter. Ok, you didn't need me to tell you that. But maybe you'll prick up your ears at this: The Northwest Parkinson's Foundation will favor us with another interactive Telehealth presentation that may be viewed live in room 2401 at Providence Hospital's new cancer wing. The date will be October 11th, the time 1:00pm. The topic will be Addictions, Compulsions and Prioritization with Parkinson's. For more info, call 1-877-980-7500. For a wrap-up of the last Telehealth confererence, look here.

For our October 16th meeting, I plan to give a sneak preview of the speech I have been invited to give at the Hope Conference in Seattle this November. I was asked to provide a patient's point of view and I came up with a multi-media presentation called "Homemade Hope". I'll be looking for your feedback to make this as successful a presentation as possible. Again, the date is October 16, 3:30 in the afternoon at the Pioneer home.

Thanks,

Peter