Parkinson's Disease.
By kiki: Parkinson's Patient
Parkinson's is a very challenging disease, one that robber you of voice and body muscles. With the loss of voice, you have difficulty communicating with loved ones. You get frustrated because they can't understand you, and they get frustrated because they can't understand your baby talk. Soon, nerves get raw, to the point that causes most to throw their hands up in the air; it's really kind of comical because we all look like the cops have their guns pointed at us. With muscle loss, you slow down so that a Tortuga (turtle) would be a 10 to 1 favorite to beat you in a foot race. And you're always in danger of falling down, so to be safe from that, you use a walker and hope that the walker is in a good mood and not out to get your ass. The hard part for me is staying positive and maintaining my sense of humor - And there are very few days where you can say, "Today was a good day for me."
A word to those who have loved ones who are struggling with Parkinson's: at the present time, there is no cure for the disease, so your loved one will never be the same person he was. You can't change that, but you can change how you react.
