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Ruminating With A View

Ruminating With A View. Talking to myself by Carol McLeod. How able will I be in five years?. I’m thinking about my life with Parkinson’s. worry. anxiety. uncertainty. There are decisions I need to make about my future. PROGRESSION. I no longer have a carepartner

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Ruminating With A View

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  1. Ruminating With A View Talking to myself by Carol McLeod

  2. How able will I be in five years? I’m thinking about my life withParkinson’s worry anxiety uncertainty There aredecisionsI need to make about my future PROGRESSION I no longer haveacarepartner and that changes everything fear

  3. I should introduce myself

  4. My name is Carol I’m 53 years old. I have Parkinson’s disease. Who will care for me later? What if I can’t … I may not live so very long, I know I won’t be very strong. P.D., alone and growing old, together makes my blood run cold. If I were smart I’d make a plan, before my P.D. hits the fan. What will others like me do? Would you help me, if I help you?

  5. I can’t live alone as time and my Parkinson’s progress. The thought of being a hermit is growing on me, and that can’t be good I’m fading. Piece by piece I’m losing place in my environment. I will have to make a new place to be or stay in the dark and out of the way of a faster world.

  6. What’s the answer? There are many young onset people with Parkinson’s who live alone. What if we form intentional communities, sharing our strengths and minimizing our weaknesses. We each still have different capabilities. We need to find answers. I want to be as independent as possible. Just in case that cure is stilljustfive years away.Squared Independence Strength Community

  7. Many of us are concerned about what the future holds for us. We talk about alternatives but we know that we will probably have to go to plan B. Plan B,we each manage as best we can on our own resources There will be a cure, but when? We are aging before our time

  8. We may have problems staying focused but together we are stronger.

  9. Thanks for listening - Carol McLeod

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