Shari Caudron, my writing teacher and coach, coerced me into creating a blog that focused on living with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). l had no idea where this path would lead. I accepted her challenge with the creation of my blog, Shake, Rattle and Roll: An Insider’s View of Parkinson’s Disease, on September 27, 2006. One year later, I’ve written 120 posts (or “columns” as I prefer to call them) and received 9600+ hits from readers.
I was delighted to learn my blog is ranked #1 by the PD Blog Network, and even happier to discover that neurologists and neurosurgeons are referring their patients to my blog for information and inspiration.
During the past year, you’ve learned about my day-to-day reality of living with PD and Deep Brain Stimulation. You’ve also read about…
My husband Tom and our English Springer Spaniel, Oreo
My diagnosis of PD more than eleven years ago
Neurological testing and appointments
Deep brain stimulation surgery and being programmed and reprogrammed
Playing the accordion with dyskinesia
Yoga and dancing with PD
Inspiring people with PD
In looking ahead toward the upcoming year, my focus will be on the following areas that are often not discussed and are underreported:
• The emotional/psychological aspects of living with PD
• Care partnering (I prefer this term which feels like “we are all in this together” vs. the terms of care giving and care taking) and the impact of PD on the family
• Exercising with PD
If you have stories related to these areas that you are willing to share, I would enjoy hearing from you. Just click “Email Me” on the right hand column of my blog.
As always, thanks for your support,
Kate Kelsall
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