Me and PD #12

     I bet everyone thought I had disappeared off the face of the earth!!! It's been a long time since I blogged, but guess what, I still have Parkinson's! I've been hoping I would wake up one morning and it wouldn't be there! My symptoms have been getting worse, and I've even had to quit work. So now I just wander aimlessly through life, shaking as I go. They have changed my meds a lot lately, since now I see a psychiatrist for my anxiety and depression, (which is part of the disease). So on top of the meds I take for PD, there has been more added! Sometimes I feel like I'm some kind of pharmaceutical company's lab experiment! Oh well, trial and error. I've been thinking about having DBS ( deep brain stimulation,) which in the short version, is kind of like a pacemaker for your brain. It is supposed to help a lot with your PD symptoms and maybe you can back off some of the meds. Of course not everyone qualifies for this procedure, but I believe I'm going to see if I would, the only thing standing in my way is that I think my brain might be too large!! Oh well I can still find  some humor in all this. My dog Buddy and I still walk a couple of miles every day, and I still do yard work but I tire easily and take a short nap every day. I can only type with one hand and that's on a good day! I bought this software called Dragon Naturally Speaking, it's where you talk into a microphone and it types for you, but you have to be a NASA engineer to figure it out! Oh well it will give me something to do, but my patience has limits, in fact I have found it even types four letter words which accidently come out of my mouth when I'm trying to learn how to use it. PD sucks, but I still consider myself a lucky man, I have friends and family that love me, I still get to see the sun come up every morning, and the stars at night!!As long as I'm alive I might as well make the most of it even though I have to try a little harder! Thanks for listening and stay tuned!