HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: I Sees the Hallucinations 
We’ve mentioned them before on Bad Kitty Fridays, and I’ve discussed my own past experience with shadow-like ghosts that I have seen due to both Parkinson’s medications and the apparent cognitive problems associated with the disease (more detail about my experience with “shadow people” in my upcoming book <–shameless plug [...]

Beginning Wednesday November 4 through Wednesday November 25 enjoy sneak peeks from the book version of I Has the Parkinson’s.  Get not only a view of the hilarious things inside but also the process behind the making of the book, from Carl’s head to his computer, from word processor to typesetting, from typesetting to press.
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Is it me, or am I just imagining that there was a time in life when I woke up feeling pretty much the same everyday? Have I forgotten what life felt like before I was a Parkie? Or is life like this for everybody?
I’m talking about how I feel physically and emotionally with Parkinson’s disease. [...]

Do you know why I am the way that I am? It’s because I haven’t pooped enough.
Yes, my Aunt China is at it again. While there have been no sightings of the “zombie” version of Mr. Patas (and it would be perfect for Halloween if there had been), this does not keep my Aunt from [...]

New readers to my blog have requested some of the basics regarding the disease. So, in my well-known fashion, I offer the following “fool-proof” indicators that you’ve got Parkinson’s disease. 

Ask your closest friend if they know anyone with Parkinson’s disease. If they answer in the affirmative proceed to ask them if it is you.
Resting tremor [...]

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I Lost Something Automatically
Ever stopped and looked at your automatic movements that you do naturally, day after day, without thinking about it?
Nope. Me neither.
Not until I developed Parkinson’s disease and people started pointing them out to me. “Stop looking at me that way!” is a common complaint I get. “What [...]

I just got the green-light on the cover of the book edition of I Has the Parkinson’s, so here it is.
I was thinking of waiting till Monday, but nah! I will be pretty busy for next week, so I share it now…
And yes, I got bumped from the cover in favor of “Bad Kitty!” Now [...]

My friend Jerry says he will never offer his advice again. Not as an editor anyway.
When a technical mistake occurred in a medical journal that was clearly a case of misunderstanding by the article’s author, Jerry (himself an editor for medical publications) decided to say something to help ensure that future editions of the report [...]

Here’s an interesting update for you folks on my condition, and it may be a very hard nut to crack.
Around 2007 researchers discovered that the “sleep attacks” or somnolence experienced by those with Parkinson’s disease did not merely seem like those experienced in narcolepsy, they were in fact similar in mechanics due to both diseases [...]

I Does the Exercises
We who are Parkies need to keep as active as we can. We might have a special program of regular exercise we enjoy doing, or we might have a physical therapist that we regularly work with, or perhaps we are on the cutting edge of rehab like being part of the Wii-hab [...]