Hey, everyone! Some of you know me from TikTok and our Sunday evening zoom chat. I’m 62, and I was formally diagnosed with Parkinson’s in January 2019. Before that, doctors told me I had essential tremor, and that I shouldn’t worry. Yeah, not so much! I’m divorced, have a 30 year old son and DIL in Minneapolis, and have an 11 month old puppy named Breck.
In 2021, I had deep brain stimulation surgery. Fortunately, my surgeon was one of the best– I have to brag on him! His brother is a pediatric neurosurgeon, all his uncles, and father were neurosurgeons, and his grand uncle is considered the father of Neurosurgery! So I was in pretty good hands. My braindoc (what I call my movement disorder specialist, is really good at programming these things. Right now I’m taking no medication and have no issues with tremors.
The issue I do have is disconnect between my left and right side. Not quite sure how to solve that, but I have an appointment in September and we’ll go over it. And sleep - let’s not even go there!
I had another post with all the things I love to do, hiking, camping, art, music, yada yada yada!
So that’s a very simple intro to me!