Parkinson's:Crackin' the nut

The 15th Annual World Congress for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics will take place this April; the same month as we'll drag poor ol' James Parkinson up. I love my husband, but I hate his disease; Parkinson's. This ‘parasite’ that each day strips another wire in his circuitry to paralyze or topple him, yanks his muscles in ways they’re not designed to go; crushing and racking his spine in agony. It curses his dreams if he ever can sleep & robs him of any last shred of dignity. When he breathes his last, it will be with relief; I can’t blame him. I cannot imagine how he'd be now without his  DBS  of 2012...too awful to contemplate. Love is not enough, so I’m an ACTIVIST not an advocate and, we need to seriously  collaborate. A little over a year ago, I published  Listen to the Man!  That 'man' being Dr. Babak Kateb, Founding Chairman and CEO of the prestigious SBMT and Brain Mapping Foundation. Through the PD community there was a mixed reaction. Benjam

pic credit There was an interesting question on Quora the other day, asking '' Is it possible to cure Parkinson disease naturally?'' I sighed. It's been a while since I've ranted about PD (Parkinson's Disease...sigh).Why? Good - hoped you'd ask! Because I really don't have much to say anymore; I am fully immersed in my role as care-giver to my husband Pete. As his disease progresses (I know...should be DIgresses), both of us have been treading water for some time now. It's not pretty or peaceful; unlike the  downing man  there. It's one pratfall, one more choking session, one more proper fall, more torn tendons, more nightmares, panics, watching, waiting, staying alert....the list of insults would take this whole damn post. So I'll shut up about that side. I did, however, offer an answer to that question (c'mon...we all do Quora now & then!). Here it is: (I'm putting it between two lines so's you can move to