Where has all the time gone?

It is "funny" that while our time on Earth is short, we definitely waste a lot of it (don't even follow me around to see how many light switches I leave on to see how much electricity I waste). Parkinson's has made me more aware of my limited time on this planet (not necessarily in time though we never know when our time will be up but in functionality due to the disease). I am about three or four years into this thing and I am at the apex of "busyness" in my life. I am extremely blessed on all fronts and thankful that I am able to the things that I pray God has set before me to do.

Concerning my Parkinson's, the symptoms have remained about the same. I have the same left side symptoms with a little bit occasionally on my right side. My medicine (Sinemet) has been increased and combined with another called Azilect to help make the dopamine stay in my body longer. The problem is that I started to get more and more side effects called dyskinesia. This is the involuntary movement caused by temporarily "overdosing" or "shocking" your system with the Sinemet. I have reduced the Sinemet to almost nothing right now because the periodic tremors are more comfortable for me than the dyskinesia.

Concerning the rest of my life, I still travel like, well, a bird who can't seem to stop migrating all over the place. I have seen a lot of changes in about every aspect of my life--some good, some not so good. I now go to a Church of Christ in my hometown and could not be happier. Divisions in the church have ALWAYS bothered me and to go where there is true unity and adherence to what scripture actually says about the worship, duties, and mission of the church makes me very happy to call myself simply a "Christian". My son lives with his mom again but with more stability than before. He is a freshman in high school and doing very well on all fronts. I have a very close friend and sister in Christ whom I love very much along with her kids. We have grown close though not in the type of relationship that the world would expect. I am thankful for all of them and, to be honest, needed them at this time in my life. I am wanting at some point to start a Parkinson's support group in my hometown because I think that socialization is a VERY IMPORTANT part of living with this disease. I couldn't imagine being alone with it.

Well...that's enough for now. See you in another year or so! :-)

Twitchy