Playing bowls this morning in mid 20's was not the best for me. I don't like hot days at all and today's heat impacted on me, as I felt the energy draining from my body and felt quite vulnerable at times.

Today I met a very brave man who has only weeks to live and is dying from cancer. I wasn't having a great day, but it brought it all into perspective that I at least have years before me.

Christmas is a time of year when we give presents. However, the best gift you can ever give anyone you love is your presence.

I'm sure it's not just me, but I do find that many help desk people talk too fast for me to grasp information and that can lead to frustration both for myself and for them.

I know this diagnosis is a difficult one to accept and to be seeking the positive at times may seem impossible. However, I feel that I have been given the opportunity to make definite positive changes in my life because of it.

In a bit of a reflective mood with the winding down of one year and looking forward to new adventures in 2026. Twenty year old me and 64 year old me, certainly in the intervening years have changed attitudes markedly.

Some thoughts on Christmas and how as we change with Parkinson's we may need to find a way to do things differently and still keep the Person with Parkinson's (PWP) a part of the festivities.

It seems that most people think that Parkinson's is only a movement disorder condition. However, there are also effects on cognition and memory that are less obvious, but can also be difficult to manage.

This topic is because of a post on a PD Facebook page where a woman has lost her husband to PD. She now faces her own diagnosis, which was after losing him. Her grief must be immense.

The challenge of trying to get people to understand why I don't want to delay anything I want to do.