For me, it's all about being honest. About not feeling I have to be positive and cheerful all the time. Who could be with this condition? Owning the days when it is all a bit much and getting on with it, not with false positivity, but with honesty.

It's time for the bucket list. Time to plan and do the things that we have always wanted to do. To not put it off to tomorrow for tomorrow may never come.

Some thoughts on the importance of a healthy diet, not just for weight loss, but for general health and wellbeing.

What do you choose for your life? If we are fated to take this path, how can we take some positives from it to lead a better life? What influences both positive and not have shaped who we are today. It may be fate, but what can we take control of?

A few handy hints to make travelling easier with a disability.

Being significantly overweight at the moment I am feeling self-conscious. Is my evil little brain telling me to enjoy being overweight because I will lose weight with Parkinson's in the future? Logical me might scoff at that, but perhaps it is a factor?

When you have a number of health issues, they tend to cause some confusion when a new symptom arises. Is it in relation to conditions already known or perhaps something new is starting up. It can be a very confusing situation.

This is an interesting interview with Kirstie, a well-respected Speech Language Therapist in Christchurch. I have had the benefit of her expertise both as a colleague and as a person with Parkinson's. Speechies - as we called them on the ward - can make an incredible difference in the lives of people they work with. The interview gives a lot of useful information about how a person with Parkinson's could benefit from their input,

For once in my household it was my husband, not me that needed to be checked out at 'After Hours'. All is well, after a long wait, so to fill in the five hours we were there, I was inspired to write a poem.

I hope you like it.

I had the privilege of interviewing Kimberley, whose mother has Parkinson's. Kimberley is also a health professional assisting people to optimise the physical aspects of managing health conditions such as Parkinson's. It was an interesting interview with the dual perspectives and Kimberley managed to talk about the two roles well.