I think my computer has PD. I keep typing and the fonts keep getting smaller...

I was at the neuro yesterday and she asked my how my writing was...

I said, "I don't know, I use a computer."

The doctor wasn't amused when I continued with, "though, the fonts sometimes do get smaller when I'm typing."

You guys are the only ones I thought would appreciate this humor; you have my apology in advance if I've offended you.

Robert

Robert, that is so true and too too funny!!

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That is assuming the doctor got the joke...heh heh.

If not......well it may have dawned on her later what you actually said.

If there was no connection? well there you have it - attitude.
paula

I said "so this means I won't be able to play the piano".

He said "no you should be able to play".

I said "thats good, because I couldn't before I got PD".

(The old ones are the best ones).

Neil.

The piano one is great!!!

That's mean.

I take offense to this one because I've studied piano and music since I was 8 years old, and can't play anywhere close to how I could a year ago let alone 3 years ago. But the typing one is too funny and true because I type 99.9% of the time myself.

John

Sorry for your loss, I'm a musician too. Irony would have it that the year I was diagnosed I was given a baby grand piano for a wedding gift and my family pitched in for my birthday to get me a new Martin guitar. When force myself to forget my left use to work, I play the piano one handed and receive some pleasure. The guitar mostly offers frustration now.

I still think the piano joke is funny though, maybe it would be better if we switched out piano for another word. I just can't come up with one right now that definitely wouldn't offend some one.

Sorry if you thought the joke was mean, I am sure that we have all lost some ability we treasure, but what's the alternative to humour.

Neil.

p.s. I used to type a lot in my job in the IT industry, and my one fingered "letter at a time" apology for typing is a pretty poor substitute and contributed to my inability to perform my job. Still had to laugh at RD42's post though.

That's okay... Appologies accepted. THe joke is kinda funny now that I think about it.

RD42.. That was a real bummer. When I was first diagnosed with "focal dystonia" I went bonkers and bought a Schimmel Vogel 177T grand piano. It's not a Bosie or Steingraeber, but it's still a fairly good instrument. I was using a digital prior to this and was planning on getting a real grand anyway because I didn't know how long I could play. Prior to the Technics, I had a really bad upright that was falling apart and it fell apart on me one day.

What I hate about this "condition", if we want to be night about it, is that good day bad day thing. My right hand is getting slower now, way more so than the left, and this drives me bonkers because on the good days, everything will fall into place like there wasn't anything wrong, then the next day comes and nothing works with complete finger confusion, stiffness, and other issues.

@Neil - I too work in the IT industry and spend a good time typing rather than writing, and I to do the one finger thing quite often although I used to be a touch typist especially when my fingers get confused and I start transposing letters and numbers.

My younger brother has a funny saying about typing. He works in the graphics industry as a graphic designer so he has to do a lot of typesetting. He says that he can type at least 100 wpm. The only thing is he has to hit the Backspace key at least once every minute to fix the typos.

John

I don't really have the on/offs, probably because Azilect is all I'm taking. So, one handed piano and slow strumming on the G-tar it is then. My left hand doesn't do squat on the piano. I'm thinking of trying Neupro even though Requip affected me like some sort of psychedelic.

It's funny you both are in IT. Up until May 2007, I supported local small business networks, mostly IT janitorial stuff. In May I was hired by one of my customers as a photo retoucher using photoshop. One handed with a graphic pad and stylus. The pay sucks but the job is pretty relaxing, and my left gets to do want it wants - stay clinched or shaking in my lap

Robert