We had a visit to our home by two wonderful ladies from PAS, Harle and Tania.

I had seen the website of PAS (http://www.parkinsons-society.org/) for some time and got an idea about the services it provides for the Calgarians wpd’s. Being a home bound animal and an introvert, I thought that PAS is not for me because of the fact that most of PAS work like the support groups, lectures and advocacy events all require the PDer to go out and meet people. It is a fact that since I got my PD diagnosed, my social life shrank dramatically and even my wife who is a chronically happy and sociable person could not drag me into the world.

About two weeks back I was looking for an affordable option for speech therapy and it occurred to me to contact PAS. Harle was on the telephone and she suggested that they come to visit us. I was pleasantly surprised.

Soon enough the two ladies were welcomed at our home and it proved the point that the telephone and the internet are poor substitutes to face to face human contact. The ladies were very eloquent in explaining the benefits of participating in the support groups, lectures and many other events and what was strange to me throughout the visit that I was actually talking and being understood. Harle indicated that my speech was good and perhaps what would be more useful to me and my wife is to join a PD support group. I readily agreed and so we will.