TESTS AND RESEARCH
HI JOURNAL,
TOMORROW IT STARTS AGAIN.
TESTS AND RESEARCH AT THE CLINIC.
THE AUSTRALIAN NEUROMUSCULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
IN MY HOME TOWN OF PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
THIS IS WHERE I UNDERWENT DBS.
THEY HAVE COERCED AND SUMMOND ME,
ALONG WITH OTHER POOR SOULS,
TO BE VOLUNTEERS,
IN A RESEARCH PROJECT OF A RATHER LARGE ONGOING KIND.
I AM LEAD TO BELIEVE THAT A DATA BASE IS TO BE SET UP,
COMPRISING OF 100 PEOPLE,
DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON'S CONDITION,
TOGETHER WITH A 100 PEOPLE,
WHO ARE CONSIDERED TO BE 'NORMAL,'
WHAT EVER THAT IS,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ONGOING STUDIES OF THE TWO GROUPS.
TOMORROW I AM REQUIRED TO PRESENT MYSELF,
AT THE ABOVE MENTIONED CLINIC, AT 8.30 AM,
HAVING FASTED AND IN AN UNMEDICATED STATE,
FROM 9.00 PM TODAY.
IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME,
NOR DO I THINK IT WILL BE THE LAST TIME,
I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO COMPLY TO SUCH REQUESTS.
BECOMING AN OLD HAND AT THIS,
I HAVE TO SAY IT DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER.
I WILL BE ASKED TO PERFORM,
A SERIES OF PHYSICAL AND COGNATIVE TESTS,
USUALLY REPEATED AND VIDEOD.
I AM TOLD THAT AT A CERTAIN POINT IN PROCEDURES,
I WILL BE SUPPLED WITH SOMETHING TO EAT,
SO AS TO BREAK MY FAST.
ALL FINE AND DANDY.
IT'S ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE,
I FEEL GOOD TO BE DOING THIS,
YET I'LL FEEL EVEN BETTER WHEN IT'S OVER.
I'M ONLY HUMAN.
.
Replies
Bravo, Stewart!
I hope the free lunch is not in the form of food pellets dispensed in a trough, and contingent on your pressing buttons in certain sequences.
Enjoy the experience. We Parkies are a proud breed.
Beekeeper
Lets hope that te inconvience they put you through gives these rsearchers info that will bring meaningful results. How much do you feel you have change since last time. It seams like it was not that long ago. Be fearless from your New York Fan, Alex
Hey friend just don\'t overdo it. Maybe someday when they find the cure, they\'ll name it after you. I do appreciate people like you, who care enough to actually get involved in finding a solution to the problem, your much braver than I am...