Ups and Downs

3 types of people

Don't forget you can follow me on my journey through the shaky world of Parkinson's on Instagram and Twitter. It's the first time I've had accounts with either of these platforms so I'm learning as I go and you'll have to bear with me!

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/soupdaysareover/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/SoupDaysAreOver

Once I've gone public I'll set up a Facebook presence as well but it's really hard to keep my name off of all these things!

4 Week Anniversary picture

4 Week Anniversary

So yesterday marked the 4 week anniversary of my diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (Pd); I've made some positive steps and some forward thinking decisions and tried to leave the negativity behind me. I still haven't gone "public" with it but am thinking more and more that this would be a good move and that if it meets with any negativity from people then I don't need them in my life.

As a martial arts instructor I fully understand that I may lose students over this announcement but I've had Pd for several years now. If my students or their parents were happy with my teaching yesterday, why wouldn't they like my teaching today? If they're not happy being taught by someone with Pd, then I'm not happy teaching them.

My future plans may be a little shaky but I intend to enjoy every step!

I have Early Onset Parkinson's Disease.

BUGGER.

Not many people know yet, hence I haven't used my real name, although it's hard to remain invisible whilst trying to draw attention to something!

Nothing I can do about it so I thought I'd highlight the issue and poke a little fun at this indiscriminate disease with a social media presence.

I hope to create a place where anyone (myself very much included) can ask questions about the disease and others (experts, sufferers, carers) can provide answers, advice, or humour as laughter really does help sometimes.

In time I hope to learn how to use Blogger, Instagram, and Twitter, and add that to what I know about Facebook and YouTube because at the moment, as in life, I'm making this up and learning as I go!

Care to join me on the journey?

p.s. The soup reference is a joke about my worsening shakes and not to be taken seriously.