Wanted to let you. know that Dan and I are riding in the Tour de Victory fund raiser this Saturday and wanted to give you the opportunity to join us by either joining the team (Team Move That Mountain) or by donating to the Davis Phinney Foundation. Click the Button Below to Donate Thanks soContinue reading “TOUR DE VICTORY SATURDAY”
Category Archives: Patti’s Life Story Since Parkinson’s
Crossing the Threshold
I hated having to rip out my tapestry. Just when it was starting to look like something nice, I realized that I was heading in the wrong direction. I had determined that I would volunteer for every Parkinson’s clinical trial and study I was eligible for. But, did I ever make a mistake! It seemedContinue reading “Crossing the Threshold”
Tests, Allies and Enemies
In my previous life, I trained and handled search and rescue dogs to locate victims of drownings, disasters, avalanches, and hikers lost in the wilderness. It’s a strange relationship that develops between a search dog and his handler. When the dog has located his subject, he alerts. Hopefully, this alert is discernible to the handler.Continue reading “Tests, Allies and Enemies”
Approach To The Inmost Cave
Just a few weeks ago I learned, finally, of a treatment for my Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS). BMS is a condition where all of my mouth linings (oral mucosal) are inflamed. It feels as though I ate a really hot pizza or drank scalding coffee; and now it has progressed to the point where itContinue reading “Approach To The Inmost Cave”
Reward, Seizing the Sword
My ordeal is most likely disappointment with myself. I am gradually becoming more and more convinced that in order to strike down this spirit of disappointment I must take up the sword of Chronic Hope, I must recognize and celebrate every incremental victory. Sometimes, if I wallow in my pain long enough, I find thatContinue reading “Reward, Seizing the Sword”
The Ordeal
Now that I am here in the cave, it has been considerably challenging. My old lower back friend has returned with a vengeance, causing pain to radiate all the way down to my ankle. I had hoped that it would hold off for at least another few weeks since we are supposed to go toContinue reading “The Ordeal”
Refusal of the Call
Refusal of the Call It’s interesting how a diagnosis like Parkinson’s can affect a person. I was in a state of denial. I was pretty sure that with a little more research we would find out that my problem was something far more benign and treatable than Parkinson’s. Enrolling in Clinical Trials I enrolled inContinue reading “Refusal of the Call”
Call to Adventure
Call to Adventure I was working at a chiropractic office when I first noticed a tremor in my foot; this diagnosis was confirmed by one of the docs. I was not totally surprised. My brother, Dave, had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s a few years earlier; but I was still scared and anxious about what theContinue reading “Call to Adventure”
Tour de Victory Cycling Challenge
We are excited to tell you about the Tour de Victory. We know that for each of us, whether we have Parkinson’s or not, exercise improves our quality of life; and cycling may be the very best form of exercise. But I may be a little bit prejudiced. Have you ever done an on-road event?Continue reading “Tour de Victory Cycling Challenge”
Ordinary World
Mine was a charmed life, at least at first. There were six of us kids, with two parents who loved us and each other. I felt secure in the knowledge that all of our major needs would be met – although with four brothers who were hockey players and wrestlers, my sister and I hadContinue reading “Ordinary World”
Patti Burnett 