Never knowing when I'm going to have a good or bad day, family and good
friends who understand Parkinson's' sudden unpredictable changes, like the fluctuating
weather, are getting used to the ups and downs I experience. I should have my
own personal "life barometer" hanging on the wall, showing what the
conditions today are going to be. As a child I had a small weather vane housed
in a miniature wooden Swiss chalet , where in good weather a small figure of a
lady would appear in a sun hat, and if the weather was decidedly cold, a little
figure of a man holding an umbrella would swing out taking the sunny day
lady's place. How accurate this contraption was, I'm not too sure, for Britain
is renowned for it's cloudy grey skies and plenty of rain no matter what month
of the year. It's no wonder the fields and countryside are so green. Needless
to say as a child I rarely got to see the little wooden smiling lady in her
hat. I don't know if these charming weather vanes are still made today, but
maybe I need to find a Parkinson's barometer. Does one exist? I doubt it, but
if there was such a thing, my husband and family would find it awfully useful. It was brought to my attention the other day that despite great strides having been made in public awareness towards Parkinson's disease, there are still many people who are ignorant about the symptoms and how a person with chronic disease struggles each day. This prompted me to write "Defining Symptons" as my article this week on The Huffington Post.
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