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Retirement hadn't turned out as I'd imagined. I gained a Cert IV in Fitness so I could be a personal trainer to older people who struggle with getting and staying fit. That was the plan. But a few weeks before I finished...

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As the end of the year gallops towards me, I think about the new year and what it may hold. Living with Parkinson's colour these thoughts, and not in particularly pleasant hues.

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Christmas seems to come around faster each year. I guess that's a feature of getting older. I love to see the excitement of the grandchildren to whom Christmas is still magic. Many of them still believe (or want to still...

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I haven't posted for a while. Time just seems to vanish. Life has been busy - good busy, but still busy. School holidays have come and gone and they're not to far away again. We spend a lot of time with the grandies and ...

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I looked for a stock photo for Parkinson's and this is one that turned up. I didn't expect anything so I'm quite happy with this image of a tangled mess of neurons.

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For several months, I've been writing a novel. Yes, I know, everyone can or wants to write a novel. I'm just the latest.

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Yesterday Rog and I went into the city and had coffee and lemon meringue pie in the cafe inside Dymocks. While I was there, one of my granddaughters phoned (that's her I'm talking to). She asked if she and a friend could...

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Rog and I went to a symposium today organised by Fight Parkinson's. The first speaker outlined the need for multi-disciplinary extended care (palliative care) for people with PD. Palliative care is such a loaded concept ...

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I've been a regular gym user for nearly 35 years. It's my happy place. I love the feeling of being strong and capable. Well into my 60s I could do full body push-ups. With all the hardware in my body, plus the PD, I can ...

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If I've heard \"take your time\" once, I've heard it 1000 times since PD took hold. It's another one of those lovely, empathic things people say to me when I'm having difficulties, and I always appreciate people's patience...

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Yesterday my granddaughter had her 5th birthday party. There were 25 children plus one or more of their parents as well as four of us grandies. Using a piece of ribbon that I found, I put together a Prezziesax for her gi...

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Not a great topic to write a blog on is it? But if you, like me, have Parkinson's, toilets take on a much greater importance than they used to.

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On day 7 of our 9 day holiday, we drove from Cooma to the Snowy Mountains. Our alpine area is so small and so precious. It was heart-breaking to see the damage from bush fires. But there was also a lot of beautiful scene...

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This sign is at the top of the path to our accommodation at Robyn's Nest in Merimbula NSW. It reminded me of the time I was running in King's Park (WA) when I saw a huge dugite sunning itself a short distance away. Dugit...

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I've been spending a lot of time working on the website, getting as many pictures of products and fabrics as I can.

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Rog and I drove to Cape Conran today from where we are staying in Marlo. It was a perfect day - not too hot (Parkie is not a fan of the heat) with a pleasant breeze coming off the ocean.

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Parkinson's is tiring. My body does things I don't want it to do, like wobble or freeze, and over-riding this takes a lot of energy. Sometimes, no matter how hard I try, my body ignores me and does whatever it likes. On ...

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Not really, but this cool long-sleeved t-shirt arrived in the post yesterday, just in time for me to take it on a little 9 day driving holiday with Rog.

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I was walking back from the gym one day and I started to think about wrapping paper and how wasteful it is. Each festive season Australians use 150,000km of gift wrapping paper, most of which goes into landfill. If you t...

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Parkinson's has taught me what I can control and what I can't. I can't change that reality that I have Parkinson's but I am in control of how I react - how I treat myself and how I interact with others.

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A bit of history...

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