Most people who know me will know that I am ‘not a natural sportwoman’ as one of my very diplomatic teachers wrote in my school report years ago. That’s an understatement. I have always found sports difficult, and I never ever enjoyed any sports at school. Is it just me, or do most people not…
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The ups and downs of a pilgrim’s path with Parkinson’s
I’d like to begin this blog by recommending a film called ‘The Way’ (2010) (starring Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen and James Nesbitt) which tells the story of four unlikely pilgrims walking one of the most famous pilgrimages – to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. I watched this gentle uplifting film last week while on a…
Don’t stop me now… Fighting Fit – three months on
It’s been three months since I attended the *Fighting Fit pilot weekend. While it was a brilliant weekend in many ways, the main thing I took away from that weekend was that I need to be doing more regular exercise which targets my Parkinson’s symptoms. I made a resolution to myself to start exercising more….
Resolutions… Not just for new year
I’m not really one for new year’s resolutions. Some time ago, I read an article which suggested that rather than making new year’s resolutions, you choose a word to focus on for the year. I’ve been doing this for a few years – my chosen words have included: gratitude, bold and open. After attending the…
Fighting Fit
I would like to share my experience of the ‘Fighting fit’ pilot – a residential weekend programme for working age people with Parkinson’s – which took place this weekend. There was packed programme*, however in this blog, I’d like to focus on just a few aspects of the programme. While I have made connections with…
Exercise – Adapting is key
A song can be sung in different ways – if the original key is too high for your voice for example, you can sing it in a different key. You can also sing it faster or slower. You can adapt songs to suit you. I help to run a Facebook group for people with Parkinson’s…
Living with Parkinson's 