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…

Not yet

I haven’t written in my gratitude journal for a couple of days, and even when I do, my handwriting is often tiny and a completely illegible scrawl. Another of my Parkinson’s symptoms. So I’m not quite putting pen to paper, but shaky fingertip to smartphone to share a few slightly random thoughts on what I…

A helping hand – every small gesture counts

Lessons learned from Parkinson’s, no 6: ‘It’s okay to ask for help. I find it frustrating that I can’t do the things I used to be able to do. I want to do things myself like I used to. I am slowly learning to accept that things have changed. I am fortunate enough to have…