[stevem53]

Hi Everyone..Welcome to our new community members!..We hope you become regulars..part of the gang

I just got some bad news..The facillitator from my YOPD support group sent me/us an e-mail to inform me that we lost another member of our group..Gloria had not been doing well over the past year, actually, in the 3 years that Ive belonged to that group, Gloria never was doing good..She had one of the Parkinsons plus syndromes..She couldnt talk, needed help to eat..she needed help doing just about everything..Her husband was a trooper, and took care of her like a guardian angel..The last time he was at our group, he came alone and told us that he had to take a leave of absence from work to take care of her because she had gotten worse..and that he did..Her obituary said that she died at home..Gloria was only 58..Ive had the opportunity to meet some amazing people along the path of this journey, and many of them are carepartners..In some cases Ive seen unconditional love that knows no boundaries..Those who vigilantly walk the road less traveled..Ive felt for a long time that since Ive had pd, that Ive been introduced to a dimension of life that I never knew existed..Its been a bittersweet mixture of loss, awareness, self discovery, and spirituallity..Ive meet some great people, and made some extraordinary frienships..Unfortunately it comes with a high price for all of us..Whether it be us parkies, or our loved ones..We're all in it together

I brought my kitten to the Vet to get spayed on Thursday..She stayed over night, and is doing fine..My calico cat fights with her all day long..tries to corner her..The Vet had told me that calicos are very possessive, and this appears to be the case with her

I talked to Rosebud on the phone for a while last night..It was good to talk to her and catch up on whats going on..Its good to hear that you are doing ok..

Ive been trying to get my act together fishing..I still have traps to put in, and that breakdown really screwed up my game plan..I had a load of traps on the boat when my motor crapped out, and had to dump them over while I was drifting in a non-productive area, so I still have to retrieve them when the wind stops blowing, probably on Monday..The Sinamet CR is working well..I did quite a bit today, and am feeling pretty good right now considering

How was your week?