A friend of mine who has Parkinson's is going through a rough patch at the
moment and I think anyone suffering PD can relate to the emotional and physical
turmoil we endure when our present state is compromised. My friend is a
wonderful woman with great strength of character, sparkling eyes that reveal
her marvellous sense of humour and like me, she has a fighting spirit. I'm sure
you would all join me in wishing her well, and hope she'll soon be able to put
this difficult period behind her. I write today's blog in her honour and hope
it brings a smile to her face.
It is only natural as children, most of us wanted to fit in at school, and hankered
to be part of the cool group, the popular kids. As a child I was very short, (still
am if the truth be told) and was very pale, often missing school due to ill health,
I was definitely not "popular". In fact, I'm quite sure if any of my former
class mates were asked today, none would remember me at all. Speaking with my
friend who has Parkinson's, she made me laugh so hard my sides were aching, as
she said "We have a popular disease" when in fact she meant to say:
'a common disease'. Upon reflection, she may have been right, as due to all the
hype that Michael J. Fox and his Foundation have brought to our plight, in turn
it has spurred on Support groups and individuals around the world in making as
much noise as possible. Therefore Parkinson's has become in a way a
"popular" topic. I find that more people are talking openly now; much
exciting new R&D is going on around the world, often stories being told in the
news, hopefully resulting in the general public being much more aware than
before. So I may not have been popular in school, but I now have a popular
disease!!!
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