A “Friend” Indeed
I was tolerating my depression, and hoping it would just go away. According to everything I read and experienced, though, Depression would always be the friend who comes and goes but never is far away. So I learned how to be friends with Depression, good friends.
Not Right in the Head
“I have read that as many as half of people with Parkinson’s carry a diagnosis of depression, and 30% think about suicide. I am one of those people.” How could this possibly be humorous? Well, like everything else here, it is and it isn’t!
Original Artwork © 2014 Steve Steinberg
Matters of the Heart
“You are too young to have Parkinson’s,” my new cardiologist said to me. He must have thought I was self diagnosed, had the caffeine shakes, or had an idiot for a neurologist. It was rude. I responded, “Tell that to my Parkinson’s.” Here’s what I wish I said…
Listen to Your Gut
Recent research has suggested that the gut has a role in the development of Parkinson’s. The only thing I have in my gut is the sinking feeling that my PD is here to stay…
Original artwork © 2022 Steve Steinberg
What’s Shaking, Man?
“After we talk about your runny nose and cough, I hope you are planning on telling me about that tremor.” By the time my doctor confronted my avoidance of the obvious I already knew I had Parkinson’s…