Last Meeting until September. Come join up for an actual support group meeting where the Guest Speaker is YOU! Well, ALL OF US! Bring your news and bring your questions. Also, we want to hear problems and possibilities with the portal. Peggy, the guru, will try to answer questions. Bring your device if you want. […]
Tag: Parkinson’s support group
Dear Fellow Members…Thanks for the Support
What I really enjoy about our group is that it truly is a “support ” group ready to share knowledge, information, ideas and tricks they’ve learned along the way with each other. its easy, over time, to become more of a speakers’ bureau but when ours leaned a bit too far in that direction, members […]
My Friends, This One is for You!
Hey, all you group members out there, this post is dedicated to YOU! When we first met, we were so happy to find that there were others out there facing some of the same challenges as ourselves. We weren’t alone in the daily slog of tackling our Parkinson’s Disease. To repeat one of my favorite […]
Dear Abby – Advice from the Membership: Starting on Rytary
Every so often a member will ask to speak to anyone in the group who has experience with something they are going through. Usually, I broadcast the question and then forward who they could contact. Yesterday’s subject was put to us as this: Opinions and advice requested on this Rytary question. (Rytary is a new […]
March (ing) and Other Steps to Good Health
After one of our periodic social lunches, we had a very worthwhile visit from physical therapist, Ellen Krasniak, Clinic Director of Physiotherapy Associates in Ashburn, Virginia. A member who had benefited from her services recommended the group invite her in. We’re so glad we did! Points she made: Gait issues : A metronome (or […]
The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Have you dug yourself out of the snow yet? Have you had enough winter? Well, we’re closer to spring every day and I’m really hoping for no more big snows this year. I mean, it’s going to be 60 degrees on Monday! Are you ready for another speaker? Trudy has asked her Physical Therapist if […]
Priceless Time
What a great meeting we had today! With no outside guest speaker, and the holidays behind us, it was time to keep the meeting members only with a freeform conversational flow. Topics ranged from medications old and new as well as what is coming down the pike. Some time was spent discussing the possibility of […]
Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Our December meeting was a great fit for the season. Ann Duvall (bio here), was our guest educator on the subject of Qigong. We moved the meeting to a larger space in our meeting facility to have room to stretch and learn some of the movements. Ann began by describing her personal path that led […]
Parkinson’s Disease, Stress and Qigong
Okay, now you’ll know the truth: I write about what interests me. I organize meetings around what interests me. I look for speakers that present subjects that….well, interest me. So what interests me right now? Stress. The kind of stress that we run into in our lives where you HAVE to go through it, no […]
Nutrition Takes the Lead in Time for Holiday Meals!
Let me start by saying thank you for all the good wishes as I dealt with my mother’s recent passing. It marked a third loss for me in a short period of time . Two dear friends, Ken Flavin and Karen Allen, also passed away recently. Each showed me how to be a better person. […]