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PD Progression, stages and what to expect

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@jatonlouise

You have offered some great suggestions! The only one I would add is to find a form of physical exercise that you enjoy and exercise at least 5 times a week. It doesn't have to be hard, aerobic activity; however, chair yoga or chair Tai Chi are great for balance and help with stiffness. There are free YouTube exercise videos available that are great with seated exercises.

What are you most difficult PD symptoms right now?

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Apathy is my biggest problem at the moment. I am fortunate to have the l-dopa pump so I don't have to remember to take pills 8 times a day. I have physical therapy twie a week I have speeech therapy once a week. I've got something not quite right with my throat and I sound like I've beeen smoking a pack of cigarettes since the day I was born - but I've never smoked. So, I have to gargle with some stuff twice a day; I need to use a nebulilzer twie a day. I'm supposed to do various exercises the speech therapist has given me every day, I'm supposed to doexercises every day. I know why these things will be helpful and hey'll only wowrk if I DO them, but I just want to take a week or tw o vacation from Mr. Parkinson and crelax and catch my breath and then I might be more motivated to get back on the train. Sometimes I combine 2 things I hate to do,and sit at my peddle thingy (sit in a chair and there's some device with pedals that lest you simulaet biking and do a speeech therapy excercise - p ut a cork in your mouth and talk, so I put the cork in my mouth, read whatever book I'm readin aloud, and pedal away for 30 minute and if I think about it I electricute myself at the same time. Sometimes I get knots where my needle from my pump was and there's a device that you put on those knots and it shocks them and threatens them that they better go away because they may have to electfy them more, so I could be doing 3 therapies at the same time for 3o minutes But I sure would like to hit the pause buton on the whole thing sometimes.Appparently PD has no Pause button. I thought it might be fun to do some of the speech therapy while I'm on the bus. But I really want a a Pause button.