No Doorway Wide Enough
In February 2007, I began a daily blog to chronicle my life as a person with Parkinson’s disease. I had been diagnosed in 2000, but for the first seven years of this affliction, I just sort of paid lip service to the whole thing. In early PD, the symptoms are hardly disabling, so it was possible to go days – sometimes weeks – without having to think about it.
That all changed in late 2006 and early 2007 when my symptoms began to progress at a more rapid rate. It was in February when I finally made the decision to get back on medication (after being off meds for years) and to look into a clinical trial involving Deep Brain Stimulation surgery for people in the earlier stages of Parkinson’s disease.
Most of what you will read is copied directly from that blog. I will supplement some of the entries with “editor’s notes” like this one.
The story is not over. In fact, this is not a story that will have a happy ending. That’s just not possible until the day comes when a cure is finally found for Parkinson’s disease. This is a diary in the strictest sense of the word… a day by day, month by month reporting of the details of my life as a guy with Parkinson’s – a guy who took part in a clinical trial to test the safety and tolerability of Deep Brain Stimulation in early stage PD – a guy who volunteered for brain surgery – a guy who experienced mixed results.
I try to keep it light and humorous. There are days when that’s just not possible. As I write this, I am three years past the deep brain stimulation surgery I underwent in June 2007. I am experiencing increasing difficulty with my walking and balance. And I’ve been notified, after the fact, having this procedure May have sped up the process of the disease.
Hopefully, you will find this to be an entertaining read. Not maudlin or smarmy. Just the story of my life from being diagnosed with an “old man’s disease” in 2000, through the surgery in 2007, and the three years after. Ten years of my life in just over 460 pages.
The title of this book comes from an observation I made as a hospital corpsman in the Navy working at a nursing home for retired sailors. I noticed that some of the older ones would seemingly have to “size up” a door before walking through it. I thought this was hilarious and I did a spot-on impression of it for my friends.
Now, I understand.
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That all changed in late 2006 and early 2007 when my symptoms began to progress at a more rapid rate. It was in February when I finally made the decision to get back on medication (after being off meds for years) and to look into a clinical trial involving Deep Brain Stimulation surgery for people in the earlier stages of Parkinson’s disease.
Most of what you will read is copied directly from that blog. I will supplement some of the entries with “editor’s notes” like this one.
The story is not over. In fact, this is not a story that will have a happy ending. That’s just not possible until the day comes when a cure is finally found for Parkinson’s disease. This is a diary in the strictest sense of the word… a day by day, month by month reporting of the details of my life as a guy with Parkinson’s – a guy who took part in a clinical trial to test the safety and tolerability of Deep Brain Stimulation in early stage PD – a guy who volunteered for brain surgery – a guy who experienced mixed results.
I try to keep it light and humorous. There are days when that’s just not possible. As I write this, I am three years past the deep brain stimulation surgery I underwent in June 2007. I am experiencing increasing difficulty with my walking and balance. And I’ve been notified, after the fact, having this procedure May have sped up the process of the disease.
Hopefully, you will find this to be an entertaining read. Not maudlin or smarmy. Just the story of my life from being diagnosed with an “old man’s disease” in 2000, through the surgery in 2007, and the three years after. Ten years of my life in just over 460 pages.
The title of this book comes from an observation I made as a hospital corpsman in the Navy working at a nursing home for retired sailors. I noticed that some of the older ones would seemingly have to “size up” a door before walking through it. I thought this was hilarious and I did a spot-on impression of it for my friends.
Now, I understand.
No Doorway Wide Enough
In February 2007, I began a daily blog to chronicle my life as a person with Parkinson’s disease. I had been diagnosed in 2000, but for the first seven years of this affliction, I just sort of paid lip service to the whole thing. In early PD, the symptoms are hardly disabling, so it was possible to go days – sometimes weeks – without having to think about it.
That all changed in late 2006 and early 2007 when my symptoms began to progress at a more rapid rate. It was in February when I finally made the decision to get back on medication (after being off meds for years) and to look into a clinical trial involving Deep Brain Stimulation surgery for people in the earlier stages of Parkinson’s disease.
Most of what you will read is copied directly from that blog. I will supplement some of the entries with “editor’s notes” like this one.
The story is not over. In fact, this is not a story that will have a happy ending. That’s just not possible until the day comes when a cure is finally found for Parkinson’s disease. This is a diary in the strictest sense of the word… a day by day, month by month reporting of the details of my life as a guy with Parkinson’s – a guy who took part in a clinical trial to test the safety and tolerability of Deep Brain Stimulation in early stage PD – a guy who volunteered for brain surgery – a guy who experienced mixed results.
I try to keep it light and humorous. There are days when that’s just not possible. As I write this, I am three years past the deep brain stimulation surgery I underwent in June 2007. I am experiencing increasing difficulty with my walking and balance. And I’ve been notified, after the fact, having this procedure May have sped up the process of the disease.
Hopefully, you will find this to be an entertaining read. Not maudlin or smarmy. Just the story of my life from being diagnosed with an “old man’s disease” in 2000, through the surgery in 2007, and the three years after. Ten years of my life in just over 460 pages.
The title of this book comes from an observation I made as a hospital corpsman in the Navy working at a nursing home for retired sailors. I noticed that some of the older ones would seemingly have to “size up” a door before walking through it. I thought this was hilarious and I did a spot-on impression of it for my friends.
Now, I understand.
That all changed in late 2006 and early 2007 when my symptoms began to progress at a more rapid rate. It was in February when I finally made the decision to get back on medication (after being off meds for years) and to look into a clinical trial involving Deep Brain Stimulation surgery for people in the earlier stages of Parkinson’s disease.
Most of what you will read is copied directly from that blog. I will supplement some of the entries with “editor’s notes” like this one.
The story is not over. In fact, this is not a story that will have a happy ending. That’s just not possible until the day comes when a cure is finally found for Parkinson’s disease. This is a diary in the strictest sense of the word… a day by day, month by month reporting of the details of my life as a guy with Parkinson’s – a guy who took part in a clinical trial to test the safety and tolerability of Deep Brain Stimulation in early stage PD – a guy who volunteered for brain surgery – a guy who experienced mixed results.
I try to keep it light and humorous. There are days when that’s just not possible. As I write this, I am three years past the deep brain stimulation surgery I underwent in June 2007. I am experiencing increasing difficulty with my walking and balance. And I’ve been notified, after the fact, having this procedure May have sped up the process of the disease.
Hopefully, you will find this to be an entertaining read. Not maudlin or smarmy. Just the story of my life from being diagnosed with an “old man’s disease” in 2000, through the surgery in 2007, and the three years after. Ten years of my life in just over 460 pages.
The title of this book comes from an observation I made as a hospital corpsman in the Navy working at a nursing home for retired sailors. I noticed that some of the older ones would seemingly have to “size up” a door before walking through it. I thought this was hilarious and I did a spot-on impression of it for my friends.
Now, I understand.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940011882098 |
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| Publisher: | Bill Schmalfeldt |
| Publication date: | 10/12/2010 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 468 |
| File size: | 4 MB |
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