Thanksgiving Week

So much going on.   We will be having the whole family here this week for Thanksgiving.  I am so excited.  On top of all of that, I have surgery scheduled for Tuesday.  One night hospital stay.  

  Things are progressing with my Parkinson's Disease.  I have freezing gait.  I still fall from time to time. I have "Lost Moment" where I don't remember where I am or what I am doing.   Some people call it dementia moments.  Parkinson's Disease is different for everyone so I am told.  I am not sure how it is with everyone else but this is my journey.  My tremors have gotten so much better with this new medicine.  I still have them a little but not as wild as before.  I wonder when it will be time for me to stop driving.  Maybe I have already gone longer than needed with driving.  I am still working full time.  I will continue to do that as long as I can.  I think I told them at work, when they asked how long I planned on working here, I told them they would have to move my dry dead bones out to the dumpster.  

  I hate this all for my wife.  She has so much to deal with and trying to take care of me and everyone else it seems.  Prayers are always appreciated.  I don't want this to turn into a woe is me party!  I just want to remember all that happens or let others remember.  Maybe help others understand what some go through with this disease.  I may be depressed at times but I know I have so much more to do.

                                                                                Jeff

 

Changes

   I know it has been a very long time since I have posted here.   So much has changed over the many years since my last post.  All of our kids have grown up and moved out.  Our Youngest has not gone to college and is in his Sophomore year.  Lexi and Allison are now married.  Lexi lives out of the area and Alli is close by.  The in-laws had moved in with us but found that they were not very comfortable so we bought another house for them to live in that is just down the road.  I have recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and we are now dealing with that.  I will comment more often now and see how everything goes.  I feel this is the best place for me to share with who may be interested and to maybe even start posting videos.  

  May God Bless you all as I start to journal more and tell my story.