Ten Years a Parky
It doesn't seem possible that ten years has passed since I first heard the words 'You have Parkinson's'. In some ways it feels as though little time has passed that it was a mere few months ago. In other ways it feels as though several lifetimes have passed. A lot has...
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‘Mild Cognitive Impairment’ Does This Mean I’m Going to Lose My Mind?
On my most recent edition of Coffee w/ Tim: A Conversation of Life and Parkinson's I discussed with Dr. Soania Mathur an unsettling topic that gets far less play in the PD community than it probably should. Abject fear may play a part in this; a fear of the unknown or...
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So, my wife is gone
So, my wife is gone. She does these retreats every year or two where she finds some quiet place to hole up for a day to two, read, think, plan, rest and I have to believe, take a small break from PD. I hate it when she’s gone. It brings me face to face with things I...
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A Conversation with My Newly Diagnosed Self
William J Braddock You’re screwed. Okay, maybe that’s not the way I would start the conversation but it would be very tempting. That is an awfully tough way to start a conversation though. Furthermore, it may not be true for you as a person newly diagnosed...
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My Secret to Success with Parkinson’s
There is a local pizza joint that at one time ran television commercials with the tag line, ‘It’s All About the Sauce’. The claim being that they had the corner on how to make a great pizza and the secret was their sauce. I remember the commercial spots primarily for...
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Find Community
Lesson 7: Find Community As a husband and father, a healthcare professional, and a man living with Parkinson’s, take it from me: we all need to ask for help sometimes. And that’s a good thing. Many a Parkinson’s fighter is drawn to isolation, just as many people...
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