Category Archives: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)

INVISIBLE

Posted on July 28, 2021 by vivace1017

I have been ruminating on an issue that has affected me deeply in recent years. In fact, I have been working on this particular blog entry for more than two months! The advent of the Pandemic exacerbated the problem of … Continue reading →

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Parkinson’s Disease – The Waiting Game

Posted on March 16, 2015 by vivace1017

Five months ago, I slammed into the Wall of Reality. The way back to myself has been difficult at times, sometimes intriguing, and occasionally funny. I had a second surgery, 3 weeks after the first, to implant a computer module in … Continue reading →

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Parkinson’s Disease – THE WALL

Posted on March 14, 2015 by vivace1017

I’m not really a risk-taker. I’m a dreamer. When I was a child, my Mom always said, “Kay, you have eyes bigger than your stomach!” That was her description of my propensity for taking more food than I could possibly … Continue reading →

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Parkinson’s Disease – The Descent

Posted on March 12, 2015 by vivace1017

At the end of the 2013 – 2014 school year, my eleventh as an elementary school music teacher, I was more exhausted than normal for that time of year.  I was too tired to even be excited about a new clinical … Continue reading →

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