Meds..

Medication can be a funny thing. After popping different kinds of pills in varying quantities for over 10 years now, the inevitable finally happened and the Sinimet or levadopa/carbidopa I was taking lost most of its effectiveness. My doctor put me on a drug called Prolopa. It is still part of the levadopa family but a slightly different recipe. I was hoping that this drug would last a little longer but it doesn't seem that way. I have had to turn my implants up considerably which makes my balance and speech that much worse. Oh joy. That is one thing I will say for the implants. They are consistent and always there. Not like popping pills when how they work depends on what else is in your stomach or when you last ate.

Lets hope the implants work for a long time. Because I already know that medication will not.

Later...

Some days are better than others...

I get asked quite often how I am feeling. My pat answer is "some days are better than others but today isn't to bad."

I have always maintained that whatever a normal day is, as long as there are more good days than bad days, life is good. That adage can apply regardless of you circumstance because your 'normal' day will be whatever it is or however you are feeling. Confused yet? A normal day for me is totally different than a normal day for someone without Parkinson's and different too than somebody who has terminal cancer.

My point is we all have to live with the cards that life deals us, be they good or not so good. What is unfortunate, or fortunate depending on your point of view, is that the normal of someone like me is slowly and progressively getting worse and worse. All that keeps me sane is the hope that if today is not a good or normal day, tomorrow will be a better day. Regardless of how poor 'normal' becomes. There is always hope for tomorrow.

Later...