Health is about responsibility. I am not sure of the situation in other countries, but in Sweden I get the feeling that people in general have given up their responsibility for their personal health. They expect someone else to be liable if their health fails them. Of course, there might be more or less reasonable…… Continue reading Health is about responsibility
Category: In English
Method description
To evaluate the effects of my medications, I use an app on my iPhone. I don’t have the tremor that most people (including myself) associate with Parkinson’s, but instead I have bradykinesia (slowness of movement) and rigidity with a bit of balance and gait problems, just to make it more interesting. I did know…… Continue reading Method description
Very preliminary analysis after two days on new dose
Thank you Zalamanda and Marten, for your comments on my previous post. Of course, I agree with both of you, two days is far too short a time to expect any kind of significant results. Nevertheless, I did observe some potentially interesting findings in these two days. The first graph shows the measurements i did on my very…… Continue reading Very preliminary analysis after two days on new dose
Results after two days on my new dose
I have compiled the measurements during these last two days, see below. Compared with my base line measurements, they look very random and I will attempt some sort of analysis tomorrow.
New dose day 2
The first day on the tweaked dose went OK, no fantastic change, but I didn’t expect that either. Let me try explaining in some more detail, how the different Parkinson’s medication works. Remember the different types of Parkinson’s medication I mentioned yesterday? Let’s call the levo-dopa based medication type A. Further, let’s call the kind…… Continue reading New dose day 2
New dose day 1
These last few days have made me even more aware of how extremely dependent I am of my medications, and if you’re reading this and have Parkinson’s yourself, this is probably very much old news. For people who have not experienced this, I completely understand that this is difficult to understand. Let me quote an…… Continue reading New dose day 1
I need a change, I really need a change
I have found myself really struggling for quite some time now. Struggling to move smoothly, struggling to stay positive, struggling to keep going. And I have realised that it is time to change things. I need to increase my medication. Of course it is a sign that my Parkinson is progressing and of course that insight…… Continue reading I need a change, I really need a change
“Is Parkinson’s Contagious?”
Another recycled blog post, this one was originally written in May 2010. The apple of my eye is a 4 ft tall, 45 lbs creature with brown-green eyes and blonde hair, a very strong will and views of her own (I really can’t understand where she got those, I still have mine left…). Her name…… Continue reading “Is Parkinson’s Contagious?”
On a Tightrope – Life is a Balance!
This is the very first blog post I wrote in English, first published in April-May 2010. When I was 13 or 14 years old I realised that my body wouldn’t always do what I asked of it. I’m not sure what I noticed first: Was it that sometimes when I was riding my bicycle I…… Continue reading On a Tightrope – Life is a Balance!
PD Quantified Challenge – end of day 3
Results from my first day of evaluating myself can be found in the graph below and the next one shows my control (a.k.a. hubby). I found the patterns over time, especially in the finger tapping fascinating. If the results from the first day are anything to go by, the dose-response curve of my medication is…… Continue reading PD Quantified Challenge – end of day 3