May was an interesting month. We celebrated Mother’s Day in New Zealand, my eldest daughter in Otago, studying medicine, gleefully explained she now understood Mr D’s fatigue as she’d learned about beta blockers. My eldest son learned the frustration of teamwork. My only children now, fast becoming young adults themselves, the twins, also did well. … Read more
Diagnosis: Parkinson’s. Outlook: Hopeful | RSS.com Kitty and Emma discuss how they felt upon finding their diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. Offering an irreverent look at real life with a chronic illness, there’s serious information mixed with fun and laughter.
Kia ora, friends. It’s Kitty here. I want to share a little bit about our most recent Ordinary Life episode— one of the most honest and heartfelt conversations Emma and I have had on air. We called it “Fun with Parkinson’s”—a bit tongue-in-cheek, because really, fun isn’t the word I’d usually pair with a chronic … Read more
I have recently proved to myself, yet again, that exercise is key for those of us with Parkinson’s. We cannot afford to just skip a day or two, we must push every day. Perhaps we can take a day a week off. I’m not sure, but I tell you this for free, it helps me … Read more
Kitty and Emma discuss their feelings about the film “Still” by Michael J Fox. You can check out the wonderful Fox Foundation here.
By popular demand, the wedding dance that shocked the lot of you! Or maybe not, as this was the wedding of Mike and Kitty, so you never quite knew what was going to happen! Have fun, be kind, just do it.
When you’re generally lazy and kind of got too much to do already sticking to a health regime is not easy. Yet as I stared at the bathroom scales and they kind of stared back diapassionatly I realised it was time to shove all excuses aside. I’m going to be honest here, my portion sizes … Read more
It’s that time of year when we in the Parkinson’s Community begin to talk of ‘doing something’ for World Parkinson’s Day (WPD). For the uninitiated, WPD is 11th April, which is James Parkinson’s birthday. On this most auspicious day there may be campaigns. Parkinson’s UK is urging people to ‘turn it blue’ and dress in … Read more
