Anchorage Parkinson's Support Group Meeting for February

Hello hardy northern Parkspeople, there will be a meeting this Saturday of  the Anchorage  Parkinson's Disease Support Group. The topic will be humor and Parkinson's Disease.  Everybody bring at least one funny story to tell concerning Parkinson's Disease. What's that you say? There's nothing funny about Parkinson's? Well I disagree. You don't believe me? Then come to the meeting this Saturday the 16th of February, 3:30 in the Tundra Lounge on the fifth floor of the gracious and stately Anchorage Pioneer Home and I'll prove it! You've been warned!

It's Support Group Meeting Time

Hey friends, here's the PD buzz for January. We will have a meeting January 19th at 3:30 as we always do the third Saturday of the month. But it's not enough merely to meet. What is our agenda? Glad you asked! We will be talking about PD podcasts! What is a podcast, some weird side effect of an obscure Parkinson's Disease medication? Good guess! But no. A podcast is like a radio show that you can listen to on your smartphone, tablet, PC etc whenever it is convenient for you. There are a ton of them out there concerning Parkinson's Disease. We'll listen to a few and see what value they have in your PD tool Kit. And if you already listen to a favorite PD podcast, you can share it with the group.

Support Group Meeting Saturday, February 17: Rock Steady Boxing!

Hello friends, we will have a boffo meeting this Saturday with a presentation on a new Rock Steady Boxing program that is forming in Anchorage This is one of the most  popular PD exercise programs, so it's exciting to have it happening here in Anchorage. See you at 3:30 at the Pioneer Home, This Saturday!

Whoa, Nelly! Meeting this Saturday, Sept 16

There is a meeting orf (just for fun, I'm gpoing tp leave in all my typo's in this note.) the Anchorage Parkinson's Disease Support Group tomorrow, the 16th of Sept.For you stivcklers, the offictal start time is 3:30. Our topic will be an important new study just released on PD and diet. (Hnt: eat your fruits and vegetables!) got it" ? Good! See you tomorrow,

Peter

Meeting Alert! Pete to Miss the June Meeting

Hello friends,

I won't be at the meeting this weekend (I will be in Seattle.) However, I have been told nobody is irreplaceable, so I suggest that those that wish to meet go right ahead and do that. Who knows? Maybe it will be a better meeting than if I were there!

The meeting for month of July will be our annual picnic, traditionally held at my house. Details to follow.

Thanks,

Peter

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 :~{

March 18th Support Group Meeting, Preventing falls

We're going to meet the heck out of this week's meeting. You ask "What's on the agenda, Pete? Or is this going to be another of your last-minute improvisations, like the time you led a two-hour discussion of the topic 'Pachyderms and Parkinson's, a tragedy not waiting to happen'"?

Well, glad you asked. We will have a roughly 30 minute presentation on falls and their prevention. This is a topic of critical interest, as falls can lead to drastic impairment and even death from complications for people with Parkinson's. So you have a simple choice: Come to the meeting or face a journey into the great beyond.

No pressure.

See you there, the usual time and place, 3:30 Saturday (the 18th) in the upper reaches of the Anchorage Pioneer Home, the 5th floor West lounge.

Best,

Pete