Parkinson's Disease

[Harry]

My voice has always been low and soft, but now it's hard to hear me across a restaurant table, let alone the back of a classroom. It sounds the same to me as it always did.


@Nummus...thank you for your thoughts. And everyone else, of course, but you seem to be new, so we have no history of interaction.

[Nummus]

Originally Posted by Harry

My voice has always been low and soft, but now it's hard to hear me across a restaurant table, let alone the back of a classroom. It sounds the same to me as it always did.


@Nummus...thank you for your thoughts. And everyone else, of course, but you seem to be new, so we have no history of interaction.

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Ha! June 1999 join date, so not too new (thanks Feeny).
Wish texting had been available when my dad was around. He would get so frustrated at not being able to be heard clearly.

I just use texting for short, to-the-point interactions. Are there available the sorts of smilies that are just to the right of the textbox in which I am typing? If not, perhaps some development could be made in that area (as well as others) to enrich the texting experience.

Currently just started reading Oliver Sacks' book An Anthropologist on Mars. In it he repeatedly makes the point and investigates how the brain finds and/or creates pathways to maintain its complete sense of self. As he says :

"Defects, disorders, diseases [...] can play a paradoxical role, by bringing out latent powers, developments, evolutions, forms of life, that might never be seen, or even be imaginable, in their absence. It is the paradox of disease, in this sense, its 'creative' potential, that forms the central theme of this book."

Sorry for talking your ears off (typing your eyes out?). Just wanted to let you know that I know that, in many and diverse ways, we're all in this together.

Also. Pens?

[eleanorigby]

Sorry to hear this, Harry (and all those so afflicted). Here, use the tool that was built and is maintained by your tax dollars:

MedLinePlusParkinson's. No ads, it's peer-reviewed, and updated quite frequently.

My grandfather had PD. I often wonder if I'm going to get it or the dementia that my great aunts (other side of family) had.

Either one is a bitch.

[Wolf Larsen]

Originally Posted by eleanorigby

Sorry to hear this, Harry (and all those so afflicted). Here, use the tool that was built and is maintained by your tax dollars:

MedLinePlusParkinson's. No ads, it's peer-reviewed, and updated quite frequently.

My grandfather had PD. I often wonder if I'm going to get it or the dementia that my great aunts (other side of family) had.

Either one is a bitch.

Take the dementia, it's way more fun.