Monday, November 30, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
E is for Epileptic
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I will have enough information to become a doctor if I live through all this. I am a Epileptic that has Parkinson's, and a diabetic that has blood pressure issues, and a 62 year old grandmother that is over weight. But believe it or not I really don't feel all that bad. The support around me is incredible. http://patientslikeme.com has opened a new Elliptic site and it is in beta stage with almost a hundred in it already. The things I have learned there in only one week are huge. Charts to track your seizures, information to know just what kind of seizures you are having, friends in your bracket to talk to and support behind the screen for anything you want. I have been a member of the Parkinson's site since 2007 and believe me I would not be here now without their help. As it turned out, the odd feelings I have been having for six months were the Epilepcy not the Parkinson's.....I would strongly advice anyone with either of these diseases to contact the web site and check them out...They really care..love Pokie
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I will have enough information to become a doctor if I live through all this. I am a Epileptic that has Parkinson's, and a diabetic that has blood pressure issues, and a 62 year old grandmother that is over weight. But believe it or not I really don't feel all that bad. The support around me is incredible. http://patientslikeme.com has opened a new Elliptic site and it is in beta stage with almost a hundred in it already. The things I have learned there in only one week are huge. Charts to track your seizures, information to know just what kind of seizures you are having, friends in your bracket to talk to and support behind the screen for anything you want. I have been a member of the Parkinson's site since 2007 and believe me I would not be here now without their help. As it turned out, the odd feelings I have been having for six months were the Epilepcy not the Parkinson's.....I would strongly advice anyone with either of these diseases to contact the web site and check them out...They really care..love Pokie
Monday, November 23, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving 2009
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I wish I could travel from door to door and greet each of my friends with a Thanksgiving basket of good wishes. It seems somewhere between Halloween and Christmas, Thanksgiving gets lost. Thanksgiving should take so much more power over Halloween, especially this year. My thought is, and I do realize that many may not agree, that there is so much to be grateful for and especially this year. My list of friends would force me to start traveling in the summer if I were to visit all with a basket and what would the baskets hold? Some would hold books of poems and stories to fill those empty hours when no one is with them. Some would be filled to the breem with fancy foods they should not eat but they could break into and cherish just one day. Some would have packages of hope to be opened each day and held tight until the next day came. Some would have snuggle blankets and warm sunshine to warm the aches and pains away. And some would have hugs and kisses and smiles in abundance. I know I am a dreamer and a dreamer I will stay because thease are the things tht get me to the next day. My Thanksgiving will be spent with my kids and grandkids and I will tell stories because that who I am in this family "The story teller". We will eat too much and drink some hot chocolate with a little kick and thoughts will wonder through each of the kids heads about my condition and they will wonder why this had to happen and I.....will think how blessed I am to be here in their presence with them knowing how close their mom is to her Lord and how pleased I am with my life. Today and tomorrow are more special than yesterday and the past. My smiles get bigger and my happiness grows daily. The days are so full and I am never alone. Thanksgiving is all it could ever be and when we set down to our table at my daughters house we will all know the key has been past. The next oldest child has taken over for mom. The groceries are bought and HER kitchen will be warmed and her family will learn first hand what the holidays mean. I have enjoyed and looked forward to the all day all night ritual on Wednesday and the dressing of the table with each glass in its special place. Each bowl fixed just so and the antique bowls from generations past holding only cold dishes so as not to suffer cracks. For you see, previous generations eat with us through their cut glass surving bowls and some like my dad will be their through his apple salad and oyster dressing. I apolagize for the rambling but in all this I hope you have felt the warmth and love and maybe if I didn't make it to your door I made it to your heart...Happy Thanksgiving...Love Pokie
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I wish I could travel from door to door and greet each of my friends with a Thanksgiving basket of good wishes. It seems somewhere between Halloween and Christmas, Thanksgiving gets lost. Thanksgiving should take so much more power over Halloween, especially this year. My thought is, and I do realize that many may not agree, that there is so much to be grateful for and especially this year. My list of friends would force me to start traveling in the summer if I were to visit all with a basket and what would the baskets hold? Some would hold books of poems and stories to fill those empty hours when no one is with them. Some would be filled to the breem with fancy foods they should not eat but they could break into and cherish just one day. Some would have packages of hope to be opened each day and held tight until the next day came. Some would have snuggle blankets and warm sunshine to warm the aches and pains away. And some would have hugs and kisses and smiles in abundance. I know I am a dreamer and a dreamer I will stay because thease are the things tht get me to the next day. My Thanksgiving will be spent with my kids and grandkids and I will tell stories because that who I am in this family "The story teller". We will eat too much and drink some hot chocolate with a little kick and thoughts will wonder through each of the kids heads about my condition and they will wonder why this had to happen and I.....will think how blessed I am to be here in their presence with them knowing how close their mom is to her Lord and how pleased I am with my life. Today and tomorrow are more special than yesterday and the past. My smiles get bigger and my happiness grows daily. The days are so full and I am never alone. Thanksgiving is all it could ever be and when we set down to our table at my daughters house we will all know the key has been past. The next oldest child has taken over for mom. The groceries are bought and HER kitchen will be warmed and her family will learn first hand what the holidays mean. I have enjoyed and looked forward to the all day all night ritual on Wednesday and the dressing of the table with each glass in its special place. Each bowl fixed just so and the antique bowls from generations past holding only cold dishes so as not to suffer cracks. For you see, previous generations eat with us through their cut glass surving bowls and some like my dad will be their through his apple salad and oyster dressing. I apolagize for the rambling but in all this I hope you have felt the warmth and love and maybe if I didn't make it to your door I made it to your heart...Happy Thanksgiving...Love Pokie
Monday, November 16, 2009
"I love you, too.........
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What does it take to make a good friend and do the requirements change with time? In early life it is some one who plays with you in the sand box and though you have spats always comes back on another day, with all things forgotten and ready for a new episode to start. Mid life is the same with bigger stakes, and one is always distracted by life's hassles and tragedies . At this point in time, one usually turns to their family. Friends are there but not to the intensity that comes with age. Like a good wine these friendships are the best by far. Any emotion that makes it past the passion of the early stage and moves on or endures to the clear thinking stage is worth its weight in gold. I have reunited with high school friends recently and that set my heart off and running. I got very sick and woke up to my best friend at the end of my bed. I have gotten letters from strangers from all parts of the world wanting to be my friend. I have friends I have never met but who warm my heart by simply stating,"I love you too"......As I have stated before. When I came down with Parkinson's Disease, I would have had trouble finding eleven people to send a chain letter to. I had people I had relationships with but few had went deep into my life. This was either by their choice or mine. My children occupied most of my life and my love life occupied the other. I traveled from one day to the next at a lightning pace not realizing that God had only allotted so many days to each of us and we should be cherishing each sunrise and sunset and all between. With Parkinson's you can travel through many diagnoses before they land on a firm opinion. You may start at Parkinson's, travel through MSA and end up in Lymes or vis versa. Maybe it is the tragedy of all this or just our maturity, but these friendships seem to me to be the best. Maybe it is the whole ora of emails instead of letters. All I can say is that in the past three years I have made friends that are so precious to me. I have continued with old friends in a new light that truely shines. I look forward to new relationships daily from places I will never see. Yes I believe in a higher power. To me it seems to be a given, and as I battle life these are the things that keep me going and smiling. No matter how tired I am, there comes a ,"I love you too, Pokie" that is just like God pulling a snuggle blanket over me so I can take a good nap.....thank you Lord and one and all, Pokie
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What does it take to make a good friend and do the requirements change with time? In early life it is some one who plays with you in the sand box and though you have spats always comes back on another day, with all things forgotten and ready for a new episode to start. Mid life is the same with bigger stakes, and one is always distracted by life's hassles and tragedies . At this point in time, one usually turns to their family. Friends are there but not to the intensity that comes with age. Like a good wine these friendships are the best by far. Any emotion that makes it past the passion of the early stage and moves on or endures to the clear thinking stage is worth its weight in gold. I have reunited with high school friends recently and that set my heart off and running. I got very sick and woke up to my best friend at the end of my bed. I have gotten letters from strangers from all parts of the world wanting to be my friend. I have friends I have never met but who warm my heart by simply stating,"I love you too"......As I have stated before. When I came down with Parkinson's Disease, I would have had trouble finding eleven people to send a chain letter to. I had people I had relationships with but few had went deep into my life. This was either by their choice or mine. My children occupied most of my life and my love life occupied the other. I traveled from one day to the next at a lightning pace not realizing that God had only allotted so many days to each of us and we should be cherishing each sunrise and sunset and all between. With Parkinson's you can travel through many diagnoses before they land on a firm opinion. You may start at Parkinson's, travel through MSA and end up in Lymes or vis versa. Maybe it is the tragedy of all this or just our maturity, but these friendships seem to me to be the best. Maybe it is the whole ora of emails instead of letters. All I can say is that in the past three years I have made friends that are so precious to me. I have continued with old friends in a new light that truely shines. I look forward to new relationships daily from places I will never see. Yes I believe in a higher power. To me it seems to be a given, and as I battle life these are the things that keep me going and smiling. No matter how tired I am, there comes a ,"I love you too, Pokie" that is just like God pulling a snuggle blanket over me so I can take a good nap.....thank you Lord and one and all, Pokie
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Pokie on a Soap Box
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You would never know that it's been a month since I had a seizure. I am feeling great and the things that are happening in the part of the medical field I touch are just beyond belief. I have waited for three years for some of the things that are happening now as you read this. People are contacting me that have arthritis, Parkinson's, Epilepsy, diabetes and more and wanting information and I can provide them with reading material. Patients from all over the world...Kenya, Israel, Canada and all over the U.S. The "One on One" belief is spreading.... and fast. Who would have thought that three years ago such communities would be springing up that benefit the patient? Finally the patient has come to the forefront, where he should have been all along. The patient is the one with the disease and he should be in control of his treatment and records....He should be given every bit of information and showed every test result. He should not be treated as a number but a person with a heart and soul. As we get these diseases the opportunity for research increases. Many diseases have cross similarities and can be studied for the benefit of all. If you have Parkinson's, you have symptoms similar to Ms, ALS and many more.You should have the right to find other patients and form a community for the benefit of all and have that information researched for a cure.....because one cure will no doubt affect all of us. As we as patients reach out into cyberspace to other patients to find out what works and what does not, drugs that don't work are left behind and treatments are required to be improved. The diseases that were concidered hopeless and therefore best treated by medicating (often over medicating) and hiding that patient from the public, are coming to the forefront. We are funtioning , productive members of society. True there are things we can not do for ourselves and yes we need help in some areas but the mind is the last thing to go and we are the senior survivors. We are the people who know the ropes. All we need is someone let us use their legs to spread the word and help us find a cure. Parkinson's is being diagnosed at eighteen...It is no longer an old persons disease.....Can you help us out and let us use your bodies and legs to get our knowledge to the public and the medical field?...As always, Pokie
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You would never know that it's been a month since I had a seizure. I am feeling great and the things that are happening in the part of the medical field I touch are just beyond belief. I have waited for three years for some of the things that are happening now as you read this. People are contacting me that have arthritis, Parkinson's, Epilepsy, diabetes and more and wanting information and I can provide them with reading material. Patients from all over the world...Kenya, Israel, Canada and all over the U.S. The "One on One" belief is spreading.... and fast. Who would have thought that three years ago such communities would be springing up that benefit the patient? Finally the patient has come to the forefront, where he should have been all along. The patient is the one with the disease and he should be in control of his treatment and records....He should be given every bit of information and showed every test result. He should not be treated as a number but a person with a heart and soul. As we get these diseases the opportunity for research increases. Many diseases have cross similarities and can be studied for the benefit of all. If you have Parkinson's, you have symptoms similar to Ms, ALS and many more.You should have the right to find other patients and form a community for the benefit of all and have that information researched for a cure.....because one cure will no doubt affect all of us. As we as patients reach out into cyberspace to other patients to find out what works and what does not, drugs that don't work are left behind and treatments are required to be improved. The diseases that were concidered hopeless and therefore best treated by medicating (often over medicating) and hiding that patient from the public, are coming to the forefront. We are funtioning , productive members of society. True there are things we can not do for ourselves and yes we need help in some areas but the mind is the last thing to go and we are the senior survivors. We are the people who know the ropes. All we need is someone let us use their legs to spread the word and help us find a cure. Parkinson's is being diagnosed at eighteen...It is no longer an old persons disease.....Can you help us out and let us use your bodies and legs to get our knowledge to the public and the medical field?...As always, Pokie
Friday, November 6, 2009
Miracles.....
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Miracles happen in so many ways to so many people. I'm sure so many are happening each day and no one takes notice. Yesterday was one of my big days, though I believe miracles are happening to me all the time. I have posted on patientslikeme.com for three years and laughed forever about the elves on the other side of the screen that made magical things happen, like things I could not find pop up and much more. I would literally fall asleep at the key board and my problem was solved. Yesterday I opened my Facebook and the owner of the site ask to be my friend. I could not even breath. Me a retired goat farmer from the Midwest and he an MIT graduate..WOW. This is someone who is changing the way the medical world thinks about and treats patients and he has personified an untouchable force running a site I dearly love. He is making steps I could never make but together we can be heard on a much wider plane. This pretty well took my morning to an unknown high.
Then came the afternoon and an email asking for support on a national tee shirt contest for PDF and I knew someone to refer and did. She is a very close friend and talented artist that just happens to have Parkinson's.
Emails were flying and thoughts were just being produced faster than I could write them down and then came an post from a very close friend who has the ability to find all the most pertinent articles to Parkinson's and send them my way. She is a genius at what she does and I have admired her ever since my first day on http://patientslikeme.com . She posted a story http://.phyorg.com/news176464812.html of a crew of doctors in Ohio State (The Midwest) who had found an enzyme that attacked the human braincells producing dopamine and was able to not stop the progression of Parkinson's but cure it. Now my days to not get any better than this....The awareness sturred by this article alone is huge. The cure gets ever closer and my spirits continue to climb.
So many miracles, for me in one day and you would have thought this enough but, I am walking much better too. after believing I was wheel chair bound and soon, here I am walking, not perfect but better and my endurance is increasing.. I am sure the seizure meds are playing a huge roll in this and it is a miracle at least for me. No day is perfect with Parkinson's Disease but yesterday was close ......love Pokie
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Miracles happen in so many ways to so many people. I'm sure so many are happening each day and no one takes notice. Yesterday was one of my big days, though I believe miracles are happening to me all the time. I have posted on patientslikeme.com for three years and laughed forever about the elves on the other side of the screen that made magical things happen, like things I could not find pop up and much more. I would literally fall asleep at the key board and my problem was solved. Yesterday I opened my Facebook and the owner of the site ask to be my friend. I could not even breath. Me a retired goat farmer from the Midwest and he an MIT graduate..WOW. This is someone who is changing the way the medical world thinks about and treats patients and he has personified an untouchable force running a site I dearly love. He is making steps I could never make but together we can be heard on a much wider plane. This pretty well took my morning to an unknown high.
Then came the afternoon and an email asking for support on a national tee shirt contest for PDF and I knew someone to refer and did. She is a very close friend and talented artist that just happens to have Parkinson's.
Emails were flying and thoughts were just being produced faster than I could write them down and then came an post from a very close friend who has the ability to find all the most pertinent articles to Parkinson's and send them my way. She is a genius at what she does and I have admired her ever since my first day on http://patientslikeme.com . She posted a story http://.phyorg.com/news176464812.html of a crew of doctors in Ohio State (The Midwest) who had found an enzyme that attacked the human braincells producing dopamine and was able to not stop the progression of Parkinson's but cure it. Now my days to not get any better than this....The awareness sturred by this article alone is huge. The cure gets ever closer and my spirits continue to climb.
So many miracles, for me in one day and you would have thought this enough but, I am walking much better too. after believing I was wheel chair bound and soon, here I am walking, not perfect but better and my endurance is increasing.. I am sure the seizure meds are playing a huge roll in this and it is a miracle at least for me. No day is perfect with Parkinson's Disease but yesterday was close ......love Pokie
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
A John Deere Deluxe Wagon for Me......
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Who says you can't have fun and have Parkinson's? No not me. Early today my son picked me up with my youngest grandson Ayden. The three of us plus grandma headed off to Bucheitt's, something like a Rural King in our area. Our mission was Matthew (my son) a birthday present and me a wagon.....not just any wagon. I wanted a John Deere deluxe, with tall wooden sides and special tires for ruff terrane..This would be the top of the top of wagons and I knew I would know it when I saw it. Ayden and I set off me in my power chair and he in his three wheel stroller. Every so often we would stop for kisses and a little hand holding. Then we rounded the corner to end our jouney. I watched his face and knew I was in the right place. His eyes were huge when the clerk got the ladder out and pulled it down. He would look at me and look at the wagon. My point rating as a grandma went off the charts. He has this thing he does when he is really happy. He has done it every since he was born. I call it "singing with the angels" and he started in singing and his thought was WOW....Now you might wonder why me at 62 needed a wagon and that fancy a wagon, The reason is because I can put my groceries in and get them to the front door after shopping. When we got home, his dad loaded him in and my purchases and off we went. The special tires let me roll right over the drive way and up to the porch. He and I singing the whole way. Who would have thought life could be so grand with Parkinson, Epilepcy and Arthritis....it is and I can only say thanks....love Pokie
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Who says you can't have fun and have Parkinson's? No not me. Early today my son picked me up with my youngest grandson Ayden. The three of us plus grandma headed off to Bucheitt's, something like a Rural King in our area. Our mission was Matthew (my son) a birthday present and me a wagon.....not just any wagon. I wanted a John Deere deluxe, with tall wooden sides and special tires for ruff terrane..This would be the top of the top of wagons and I knew I would know it when I saw it. Ayden and I set off me in my power chair and he in his three wheel stroller. Every so often we would stop for kisses and a little hand holding. Then we rounded the corner to end our jouney. I watched his face and knew I was in the right place. His eyes were huge when the clerk got the ladder out and pulled it down. He would look at me and look at the wagon. My point rating as a grandma went off the charts. He has this thing he does when he is really happy. He has done it every since he was born. I call it "singing with the angels" and he started in singing and his thought was WOW....Now you might wonder why me at 62 needed a wagon and that fancy a wagon, The reason is because I can put my groceries in and get them to the front door after shopping. When we got home, his dad loaded him in and my purchases and off we went. The special tires let me roll right over the drive way and up to the porch. He and I singing the whole way. Who would have thought life could be so grand with Parkinson, Epilepcy and Arthritis....it is and I can only say thanks....love Pokie
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A Quarter To Three
It cannot be a quarter to three;
I've piddled all night and can hardly see.
Don't I know what the doctor said?
"You sleep seven hours in that bed!"
BUT
I shower and I change and I get all quite ready
and go visit dreamland and stay there a plenty.
BUT
Somehow I know that seven is just too many
So after two my eyes fly wide open.
I shut them but realize a curse it must be,
No sleep, No sleep, No sleep for me.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Yes I Can.....
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For over three years now, my mind has allowed me to rest for two or three hours and then either dream or force me out of a dream onto the computer and typing. To some this would seem torture but to me it is a passion pouring forth. My thoughts seem never ending and constant about Parkinson's Disease and how it effects my daily life. No matter how I feel, be it weak or in pain, my first thought is to get to the computer and type in some form or fashion. My whole life has always centered around my family. My three kids and later five grandkids have always been all I seemed to be able to live for and then came this disease. Oddly enough I seem to be granted these short periods where my family is allowed to make me laugh and then back to here to type all I feel. Yesterday my youngest grandchild graced me with a visit. I can no longer just take off and visit him at my every wim. My mother at 84 and can not be left alone and now my Epilepcy prevents my driving long distances. I did not realize how much I missed the laughing. That little face brought a whole different world to me. He turned and looked me straight in the eye and for a moment. I did not have a care in the world.. Parkinson's was not a part of me. It was only me and Ayden....laughing.
Here he was at eighteen months in all his Halloween glory and he had total command of me and every thing around me. Those beautiful blue eyes surrounded by that most gorgeous white blond hair knew me only as "Nee Nay" and my home was a treasure trove of buttons to push with a kitten to follow along behind My eyes never left his the whole time he was here. I litterly was in a trance. He sat on my lap and I can only say I visited heaven. I went to bed with a smile on my face and still have that smile on my face. He gave me the strenghth to fight through a hug. When my resorces were running so low God sent me prescious Andyen to shore me up for another fight. Wow.... what a gift! I see now it was their way of saying, " Can you remember this hug and pass it on?" "Can you hug someone who really needs it tomorrow?" "Can you make them smile?""Can you write one more word to let them know they are important?"..... YES I CAN.....love Pokie
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For over three years now, my mind has allowed me to rest for two or three hours and then either dream or force me out of a dream onto the computer and typing. To some this would seem torture but to me it is a passion pouring forth. My thoughts seem never ending and constant about Parkinson's Disease and how it effects my daily life. No matter how I feel, be it weak or in pain, my first thought is to get to the computer and type in some form or fashion. My whole life has always centered around my family. My three kids and later five grandkids have always been all I seemed to be able to live for and then came this disease. Oddly enough I seem to be granted these short periods where my family is allowed to make me laugh and then back to here to type all I feel. Yesterday my youngest grandchild graced me with a visit. I can no longer just take off and visit him at my every wim. My mother at 84 and can not be left alone and now my Epilepcy prevents my driving long distances. I did not realize how much I missed the laughing. That little face brought a whole different world to me. He turned and looked me straight in the eye and for a moment. I did not have a care in the world.. Parkinson's was not a part of me. It was only me and Ayden....laughing.
Here he was at eighteen months in all his Halloween glory and he had total command of me and every thing around me. Those beautiful blue eyes surrounded by that most gorgeous white blond hair knew me only as "Nee Nay" and my home was a treasure trove of buttons to push with a kitten to follow along behind My eyes never left his the whole time he was here. I litterly was in a trance. He sat on my lap and I can only say I visited heaven. I went to bed with a smile on my face and still have that smile on my face. He gave me the strenghth to fight through a hug. When my resorces were running so low God sent me prescious Andyen to shore me up for another fight. Wow.... what a gift! I see now it was their way of saying, " Can you remember this hug and pass it on?" "Can you hug someone who really needs it tomorrow?" "Can you make them smile?""Can you write one more word to let them know they are important?"..... YES I CAN.....love Pokie
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