TheBanyanTree: Parkinson's Tales

[Pam James]

I think that Zoom - as well as Webex, Google Meet, Duo and Facebook calls!
- are a giant silver lining to this whole mess!  I shouldn't be so
surprised.  The Jetsons did it everyday!

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 10:43 PM Monique Colve <monique.colver at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Yes, there are far more important and horrible things going on these days,
> but I'm not really qualified to speak to or fix anything, so this is what
> we get.
>
> Today I peed my pants.
>
> Unfortunately, this is neither the first time nor the last. It's a
> Parkinson's thing, and yes, I have adult diapers on hand when needed, but
> because adult diapers are such a joke in society I rarely wear them. Well,
> if I do I can't get my pants on.
>
> Which brings us to the next point - I rarely wear pants. Shorts mostly,
> but I will put on pants when I'm off to see the doctor, who mostly just
> says, "let me see your feet" and "You're doing really well!"
>
> Which is true. The disasters of the year have had no effect on me, except
> for inside my soul, which is deeply disillusioned. But otherwise...the
> plague, I haven't had it yet, though maybe later. Staying inside, it's what
> I do anyway. Fires. The smoke has been annoying and uncomfortable, but
> unlike many others who have lost so much  that's it. I work when I can,
> because my budget insists I make several figures a month. It's far reduced
> from what I used to make and I may have to kill one client, but it's when I
> can do it. I have time to read, watch movies or TV, depending on my latest
> obsession. I don't cook, and if I don't like what's on the menu I can use
> Doordash. I don't eat as much as I used to anyway. I do dishes now and
> then. I run up and down stairs after Ash. I've met my deductible for this
> year by having kidney stone surgery, which was a long show recovery.
>
> I live a charmed life, or would if I believed in such things.
>
> My human contact is minimal, but every other Saturday we have movie night
> with friends. We talk by zoom, then watch the movie individually, perhaps
> texting when we want to point something out. Then after, we Zoom again to
> talk about it or something. It's amazing how much this one event means to
> me - they don't care when I slur my words or zone out. Or whatever I'm
> likely to do.
>
> This is a time of peace for me. In a world that's gone crazy where I've
> never experienced such hostility, my life is calm and peaceful, and I am
> with loved ones every day.
>
> It won't last, either because the zombies will show up, or my condition
> will worsen, or the sun will explode, or whatever else is on the schedule,
> but for now I'm enjoying every minute I can, and since my short term memory
> is so shot (even more so when I use cannabis, which amuses me to no end)
> I'll forget anything I don't want to remember.
>
> Enjoy life while you can, because I think zombies are up next.
>
> Monique
> Sent from my iPad
>
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