Be Careful What You Wish For
Have you ever said or thought, “I’d trade places with that person in a heartbeat”? I am sure most of us have. I know I have. But I can’t say that anymore. I wouldn’t trade places with my worst enemy. Why? Because I have Parkinson’s Disease and trade places with that person they would have to endure what I face. Why is that so bad? Let me try to explain. Every day (not most days or some days) every day I am in pain. Somedays it might be a 3 and others it’s a 10. But I am in pain every day all day. At least once each week my body decides it doesn’t want to do anything at this point in time. It simply freezes up. That can be sitting at home alone or that can be in a mall full of people. Each morning I take 12 pills. I take 4 more during the day and 28 pills each night. That’s on a good day. Other days I must take more. Many meals are a struggle. Think of trying to eat a bowl of soup sitting in a massage chair. My balance is off. I fall quite oft