Holy Pokes
Flurry of Updates There has been a flurry of travel activity on my road in retirement since my last blog. Welcome to early winter with Eileen. My communication abilities are limited, but Chris and I have managed another post. We are always believing and always hopeful for improved or sustained abilities to communicate. For crying out loud, I am a retired English teacher, and I need to say stuff. As a quick update regarding this wretched Parkinson’s Disease (PD), I am working with a speech therapist and a new augmented assistive communication (AAC) device to hopefully add more efficiency to my blogs. Also in January, we have another visit with a PD specialist in the Twin Cities to further work on experimenting with different deep brain stimulation (DBS) settings in my head. Yes, I have two electrical pulse probes that treat both sides of my brain; and you could say I am sort of a version of Mary Shelleys’ creature. Holy Spirit Pokes In late November-early December I had sever...