HeyJaredStumble on Parkinson's
Thoughts, short essays, and creative writing about living well (and some days, not so well) with Parkinson's disease. From Gerardo Torres Castellano, diagnosed in 2021 at 35 years old.
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La microbiota (opens the original)
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Cuando mi cuerpo y mi cerebro no sincronizan aún me queda mi conciencia. Pero ¿De donde emana esta conciencia que solo los humano tenemos? Unos piensan que solo somos vehículos dirigidos por las bacterias que viven en y dentro de nosotros, la microbiota. Que nuestras acciones son marioneta de lo que beneficie a estos organismos unicélulares. Según este tren de pensamientos esto explicaría porque somos seres sociales y nos gusta tanto tocar y sentir. Porque al fin y al cabo nuestros gérmenes se p
The arrivals gate (opens the original)
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The return back home from Mexico has been rocky to say the least. It has been the toughest adjustment I’ve ever had after coming back from a trip. Today marks a month since our return and I think (I hope) I’m finally stable. I’m not going to sugar coat it, it has been hard. Very hard. I can count on one hand the number of times that my wife has had to take over the management of my Parkinson’s medication so that I can get back on track. Not too many thus far but each one sure feels heavy. During
The safety of a travel destination (opens the original)
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We ended our last day in Mexico City at our favorite Italian spot on the corner of Parque de Mexico in the Roma neighborhood. We sat outside, ordered pizza and had a few drinks while we reminisced about the trip. Our waiter that evening was very attentive like every person that served us in the city. For many people living with Parkinson’s, a destination’s safety becomes a priority. With Parkinson’s we tend to lose the fast body responses needed to defend ourselves against harm.Before our trip,
Timezones (opens the original)
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Timezones differences are a challenge for anyone that travels and for people living with Parkinson’s they can be difficult to manage. It’s quite the trip when you leave your home at the crack of dawn and land in another country at a similar time. I’ve often heard that the best way to deal with the jetlag caused by this time difference is to adjust to the destination clock as quickly as possible. That is what we did as soon as we landed in Mexico City after 12hours of travel - yikes!We arrived at
The wheelchair (opens the original)
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“I really think we should consider cancelling the trip to Mexico City. You are not doing well.”, Andrea said to me a few days before our departure date. She was right. In all honesty, I had been on a rollercoaster for a whole month and had lost myself in it. I had lost my ability to walk which is essential to travel, especially in a city. My Parkinson’s had taken over. At that point I realized I needed a plan to get back on track. I applied the principles of medication consistency, exercise rout
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