An excerpt from the soon-to-be-released I Has the Parkinson’s.
Me? Sick? Well, not really. I don’t have swine flu. I’m not down with a fever or anything like that. In fact, I’m not really sick. 
I don’t see myself as sick anymore. Sure, this is a disease. But do I qualify as “sick”? Maybe you have the [...]

I’m Not Like Your Parkinson’s 
One of the reasons it took so long for me to get diagnosed correctly (approximately 20 years and 13 doctors), is that Parkinson’s, like the unique differences between most snowflakes and Bad Kitties, never acts the same from individual to individual. 
If you’re a fellow Parkie, you know what I’m talking about. [...]

Well, another storm has come and gone here on the Floridian panhandle coast. From the amount of direct hurricane hits we keep getting here, I have come to the conclusion that the name of my town “Pensacola” means “Nyah, nyah-nyah, nyah-nyah!” in Hurricanese, because they sure like to hit us a lot.
It could also be [...]

In this sneak preview from my upcoming book, I Has the Parkinson’s, you will witness some of the madness of the ongoing battle with my older brother over which holiday hero is better, Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer or Frosty the Stupid-headed Meth-Lab Crackhouse of a Snowman (guess which one I like best?). Throughout its pages the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]