Dumb a$$! This time, you LET the PD get to you! I guess it showed you who wants to be the boss. The next time you want to command a task such as you described, it takes careful planning, based on your known physical limitations. You're not a young whipper snapper any more. Back in the old days it would have been nothing at all to clean out and reorganize your shed. You were younger, stronger, and had more stamina. Today, you're older, weaker, and you have PD. All of which means that you have to use your head, more often than not, to accomplish, in a few days, a job you were once able to complete in one day!

Besides, why "kill" yourself trying to prove to yourself something that you know is gradually slipping away. Unfortunately.

Regards, Jim

Lol I can't argue with you on this one Jim ! My mind still says yes, but my body says oh hell no !
Trust me, I learned my lesson the hard way as usual for me. I wont be doing that again none to soon.

Oh and by the way, you forgot that I also recently had a heart attack to add to that list lol
Your a wise man Jim and thanks for the A## kicking/ words of wisdom.

Vic

Yep, forgive me for being old, I did forget the heart attack, mebbe I should be oldnslow instead of you! All the more reason you should have thought out the project and planned ahead accordingly. One other bit of "wisdom" you can't forget, we're gettin' older by the second (in other words, I forgot the wisdom I wuz goona share with ya!)

Have a good night and a better day tomorrow!

You and yours are in my prayers! Jim

Jim, they say we're only as old as we feel.

I think we may be screwed ! Hahahaha I guess the good news is that we can blame it all on PD when all else fails.

All kidding aside, I'm blessed to still have more good days than bad. I guess it takes time to figure this PD thing out. Knowing what my limitations are ect. I will not give in, but just re-think the way I do things. Still doing them but just in moderation and a little slower than I used to.

Thank you for the prayers Jim and you and yours are in mine as well.

Vic

You both kinda cracked me up, in a good way. I think I have all the stamina in the world (still) and I have learned that I just need to stop and have a "joyful" rest. The energy can be mental (as in computer diagnostics, genealogy or med research), or cleaning, or having too much fun. But at some point, its' gonna get me good! All you can do is laugh....but somedays I sure miss me!

It is tough to give up the thinks we use to do. Specially when our head tells us we feel good. You forgot to check in with your body. It would tell you , pace your self, or you will pay for it. Well you know better now , so I hope it won't be next time. Take care of your self ,the name should remind you.

Annie, I'm beginning to know just how you feel. I think my problem is that I try to overcome, and pretend nothing has changed. It's hard to explain but I can't seem to accept the fact my life has been turned upside down, and I have no control of it or how I feel. I feel bad for my wife and family. Because of me, they basically have no life either. Everything revolves around me and how I'm feeling each day. My wife is disabled and cant drive. Most days my driving is limited because of all my meds, or I just don't feel up to it. I miss the old me too !!

Zlata,
You are also correct. My mind doesn't seem to know that I'm 60yrs old, and plays games with me. I seem to have the most energy in the mid to late mornings after my morning dose of meds is at it's peak. Unfortunately it doesn't last long enough for me to do much. Because I sleep like crap at night, I find myself cat napping through out the days. PD and it's meds make me extremely tired but yet I can't get a restful sleep. One thing I haven't lost is my sense of humor. It's what keeps me going ! I have to go for a stress test tomorrow morning, and I told my Dr that I refuse to study for it ! Bahahahaha

Hello there. I just had a Saturday like your Friday. I woke up early and felt pretty good and after a cup of coffee I felt energized. So I proceeded to deconstruct "my refuge." I pulled out everything, computer, chairs, bookcases, rugs etc. until the room was stripped bare. I then scrubbed the floor and waxed it, the old fashioned way -on hands and knees. (That's the only way to get the corners clean.) Then I moved everything back rearranging what I was keeping and discarding what I didn't want.

Next, I went out to play ball with the dog as she had been waiting patiently in the hallway for hours with her ball in her mouth. She would wag her tail and smile at me everytime I came out of the room as if to say "Now?"

While I was playing with the dog, I noticed some weeds in the flower beds that needed to be pulled. Then I saw something else that needed to be straightened, which led to another thing and another. I finally quit when it was too dark to see.

I had enough "juice" left to take a shower and that was about it. I have a day like that only once or twice a month, so I try to take advantage of it as much as possible, but that is not always the wise thing to do. Like you I paid for it the next day. With your heart history, please be mindful of how you are feeling. Dizziness is a sure sign of a need to stop and sit.

Sixty is not old, but it ain't forty. So take care of yourself and next project, do a little more supervising and let those grandsons do more of the lifting.

Your PD pal,

Madge

Madge,
Guess you didn't learn from reading my post? lol

As I told Jim, I def learned to limit myself and do things in stages. I had one of those good days you talked about and thought I was super man. Sounds like you did too !

Hope your feeling better now?

Good morning, Vic!

I am just fine - after laying around all day doing nothing, it did not take long to recover (a little chocolate helps). Best of all, my "refuge" is now in order and clean right down to the nails in the floor. I have been trying to get that project done for a long time and when I finally had the energy, I just couldn't stop myself.

Sometimes I get so focused on a project there is no way to stop. Was not this way when growing up, only in the last few years. I guess there were so many years I couldn't do these things I might be over-compensating now.

Madge

Same here Madge, Took me a day of just taking it easy but felt much better by Sunday. My family tells me I have OCD and worry about things I shouldn't. Not sure if others with PD suffer from this, or if it's just me. I tend to need something to focus on, but yet loose my concentration quickly.

Anyhow, glad your feeling better !

Vic

Hey Vic!

You know I have noticed the same thing lately. I get a project stuck in my head and obsess about it until I get the energy to start it and then go off task in a different direction. It takes me hours sometimes to get one job completed because I have done 15 others things at the same time. Some people would call that multitasking - I believe, like you, that it is a loss of concentration. Is it PD or the meds? Might be an interesting topic for group discussion.

Madge

Yes maybe I'll start a new thread asking about this. I know it's become a problem for me when even I notice it now lol.

Vic

Be kind to yourself, you need to throw in to the equation age, and age has nothing to do with PD.

It was probably a mix of age and PD .

If this is something you do not do all the time, even it up and say 70% not fit, and 30% PD

I bet the other furniture removing people also felt it as well,

Chine up oldnslow and soldier on darling

Hey Peachy, where you been? Haven't seen you on for awhile. Hope everything is going well for you.

Vic