On a daily basis people ask me many random questions. I guess when I tote around with a name like Perky Parkie; it kind of opens you up to all sorts of questions. So I thought I would put a list together and answer the burning questions many of my readers have. Now if I […]
Archives for October 2013
And The Award Goes To…
It all started with an email from my Dad. He was describing this contest called the Bakken Invitation. I could win a trip to Hawaii and $20,000 towards my efforts in the Parkinson’s Community… “Yeah right” I thought to myself. It sounded too good to be true. Who really wins these types of things? […]
25 Things I Learned From WPC 2013
Seeing as we all experience Parkinson’s disease (PD) in a way that is unique to us, we are like little snowflakes…. no two of us are alike. This is also true with what we find important about PD, our current knowledge of the disease, how we cope with our challenges and how we learn […]
Have Parkinson’s, Will Travel
*To read how my journey to the World Parkinson’s Congress Began, Click here I spent the first 2 hours of the flight thinking of clever ways to torture my nemesis the nincompoop. Maybe I could ask for a napkin, a fork, a lime with no seeds, a drink with only one ice-cube mixed with 3 […]
My Journey To The World Parkinson’s Congress 2013
Montreal is the place to be as October 1st marks the beginning of the 3rd World Parkinson’s Congress (WPC). When I dove head first into the Parkie Pool, I had heard of the WPC, it sounded like a huge amount of scientific jargon for people who thought at the level of Einstein. Seeing as […]