JUST BEEN DIAGNOSED

 
HI JOURNAL,
YES IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAVE WRITTEN ANYTHING. I AM PUTTING THAT TO RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS A COPY OFA PIECE I WROTE IN RESPONSE TO A LOCAL RADIO CELEBRITY, AFTER HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH PARKNSON'S CONDITION.
 
 RE - HOWARD SATTLER STORY. 
 
YES I WOULD LIKE TO MEET HIM TO TELL HIM, THAT WE DO NOT GIVE IN,TO THIS CONFONDED IMPOSTOR WE CALL PARKINSON'S CONDIION.
WE GO TO HELL, REGROUP,AND FIND BETTER WAYS TO MANAGE, AND BOUNCE BACK.
 
GIVE IN TO PARKS ? NOT YET.  
 
A MAN IS ONLY BEATEN WHEN HE WALKS OUT OF THE ARENA.  
THERE IS NO WHITE FLAG IN MY ARMOURY.
I FIGHT. AND DEAL AND MANAGE PARKS,

WITH EVERYTHING I GOT.

MEDICATION IS ESSENTIAL, SO TOO,
 
IS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, 

AN 'I CAN DO' SPIRIT,  
 
TOGETHER WITH AN OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK. 
 
THESE THREE 'VITALS', ARE DRIVEN BY MY, 

SELF BELIEF, MENTAL STRENGTH AND,

TOTAL COMMITMENT. 

NOTHING ELSE WILL SUFFICE.  
 WHEN PARKS COMES HARD AT ME, I GO HARD AT IT.
 
I THINK, FEEL AND BELIEVE, THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO
 
FIGHT PARKINSON'S CONDITION, 
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THEY ARE- 1. ATTITUDE, 2. ATTITUDE, 3. ATTITUDE.  
 
AND BEST MAKE IT POSITIVE. 
I HAVE NO TIME FOR NEGATIVE AND DEFEATIST TALK. 
 
FOUR YEAR AGO, I WAS BEING CONSIDERED FOR,

A NURSING HOME. 
 
I'M STILL HERE. AND YES INDEED I MOST CERTAINLY DO FEEL,
 BLOODY GREAT FOR THAT, YOU BET I DO.
 
"HEY PARKS, UP YOURS, YOU SLIMY BASTARD,
 
I'M STILL HERE, I'M STILL HERE.  
I HAVE NOT GIVEN IN.
 
IT'S ME AND MY FORMIDABLE BACK UP TEAM,
AGAINST PARKS. 
MY GOAL, MY AIM, - IS TO BE THE LAST MAN STANDING. 
 
IT'S MY SELF BELIEF AND MENTAL STRENGTH,

AND TOTAL COMMITMENT, 
 G
THE LAST MAN STANDING
 
I AM, STEWART B WEST. 
FIRE UP AND MAINTAIN A WINNING POSITION.
 
MY SPIRIT STILL SINGS. 
YOU BET IT DOES.
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 FRIDAY 26 APRIL. 2013. 
THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT DAY,
 
 FOR A WHOLE HOST OF POSITIVE REASONS. 
IT'S GREAT TO BE ALIVE.
 
I LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND I LOVE THIS CITY.
 
I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE.
 
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. I DO. LOL