Parkinson's Disease Support Group

Parkinson's disease is a movement disorder often characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement, and in extreme cases, a loss of physical movement. The primary symptoms of Parkinsons are due to excessive muscle contraction, normally caused by the insufficient formation and action of dopamine, which is produced in the dopaminergic neurons of the...

509 Members

3,338 Posts

0 Online

Lynnie200 11/04/2011

Michael J. Fox was on Regis and Kelly today and he gave some good advice. While actors, when acting don't show or concentrate on the end result while acting, so, the people that have been diagnosed with Parkinson's or some other illness should not think about the end result.
They should concentrate on the day to day things and take advantage of resources that are available to them and do things to help themselves. .
Do you understand what I am trying to say?
Michael looked pretty good today and has done some acting recently and will be doing some more acting where he plays a lawyer in a TV series. I forget the series, but some of you may have seen it.

aliveo 11/06/2011

I MOST CERTAINLY LIVE FOR THE DAY. I FEEL THAT IF ONE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING, THEN DO IT NOW, WHILE ONE STILL CAN.
BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND AND GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE BY GIVING 100% TOTAL COMMITMENT.
NOT TRYING GUARANTEES FAILURE, I'M NOT GOING THERE.

I THINK, FEEL AND BELIEVE, THAT THE BEST WAY TO MANAGE AND DEAL WITH PARKINSON'S CONDITION, IS TO MEET IT FULL ON AND GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU GOT. NOTHING LESS WILL SUFFICE.

peachybum 11/10/2011

Pd or No Pd we should all live in the day anyway. I live in the moment, have never planned for the future, glad l did that as i think i would have been even more disappointed with not being able to have the future l possibly would have dreamed of.

So I live in the here an now. Because I know one day l will wake upn and they will announce the cure

PSullivan 11/10/2011

I saw MJF on Regis and I also hung on those words of his... it's so true and I have learned and am still learning how to do that.. I think when you are first diagnosed with a degenerative disease and do all your initial reading and research it's very hard not to look at the end and i think it's normal to do that but then the trick is to say ok this could or maybe will happen at some point but why waste my time worrying about it ... enjoy each day... do what you can for you... and take on all the challenges as they come along...

peachybum 11/14/2011

I find it interesting that we all lean towards someone famous who has pd, in order to make us feel a little better, like MJF brave soul he is! But the truth is he is just like us,and we are just like him, victims who try to make the best of what we have.

That is exactly what we have to do, their are people so much worse off than us.

We must live in the moment, everyone should, as no one can guarantee their future. NO_ONE at all. It is only today that we are in

deleted_user 11/14/2011

With all that research, when we get something new? Zlatica

Join the Conversation