Who works with PdD and if not , what do you do to fill up your day?I watch way too much TV

[Rick]

[LizaJane]

hi rick, im a flight attendant and work long hours. ive had PD for 8 yrs. its hard sometimes but if i sit around it make me feel worse mentally a physically. i do yard work when im home or my house work. i really try and push myself to do things even if im not feeling good. the more i do the better i feel about everything. if i sit around a lot i feel really stiff and makes it harder to feel motivated. i figure im going to hurt anyways so im going to do what i enjoy doing and not give into it.. i sleep with a heating pad at night and hot showers relax me. its not easy at times. do you have a yard to work in? if i dont have anything to do, i like antiques so at times i will get out and walk around an antique mall and just look around but just to get out of the house is good for me. what do you enjoy doing?

[Hidden]

Hi, I stopped working in July last year at the age of 50. I find my day goes quick - cleaning, ironing, washing, walking dog, shopping etc etc ........but I do everything much slower than I did previously so my days go much quicker. x

[Hidden]

Hi Rick,

i was off work for 6mts , just went back 3 weeks ago , finding it just a wee bit hard , although i dont feel tierd ny shaking is worse, i dont sleepto good mostly only 2 hrs a night if lucky, when i was off my days went quite fast, i done all the house work and belive me i did , ironing ,hovering washing the whole nine yards , and now back at work i find iam still doing all this, well no one said it would be a blast , Laraine's loving it and this is from a woman who has had breckfast in bed every day for all our married years ,

Al

[FifteenyearsPD]

Do 3 things

First do something nice for someone else every day. A simple word of praise. Or "play it forward". It comes back around

Second do something physical that you ENJOY. Find something...walk or garden or yoga. At least 5 days a week for 30 minutes

Third do something that requires your brain. Read. Or work puzzles or play bridge or take a class at least 4 days a week

Do all three and you can change your view of YOUR life

[Jupeter]

I retired a long time ago. I am now 76 and consider it important to keep my brain active.

I am involved in local politics and I design and put together our local newsletters - I am computer literate and use desktop publishing software to do this. I also print them.

I am also involved with our local environmental group trying to reduce our village carbon footprint. Again, I design and produce our "green" newsletter.

For recreation I do logic puzzles, read, watch sport on TV, enjoy music.

Not a bad life - but a busy one.

[carolineb211]

I work full-time for the local authority,in fact, I just had a promotion despite having Parkinson's. It takes a lot of my time and the rest of it is spent doing a degree in children with special needs.

I love to read, but other than at bedtime. When I read my Kindle, I don't seem to have much time. When I finish my degree in June, I'm looking forward to having more time to sit and read.

I really can't be bothered with the television these days, I prefer the house to be quiet.

[Parkinson_Schmarkinson]

I admire you hard-working people. Now that I am retired I do very little and am perfectly content! I spend time on-line, write, and exercise in the mornig. In the afternnoon I take a long walk and ususally haveto rest in bed for [erhaps 2 hours.

I do the laundry and soem of the shopping, clean up this and that, write my poems, and go out to sing with my friends from timr to t ime. I read too.

I watch TV some but I don't vege out in front of the tube. I prefer the radio.

[Rick]

Thanks everyone for their comments. I am a disabled (retired) lawyer. I used to play bridge but I found that between holding the cards and sitting still for 3 1/2 hours on the bridge chairs was too much. I play a lot of scrabble and ride a stationary bike each day for an hour, but I miss the action of goal setting and achievment whether it was golf or in business. Still bored.

[CheriH]

Rick, my neuro told me the best advice he could give me is "exercise." I feel like I have a full time job exercising 6 days a week. Between that and normal household activities, I feel like there isn't enough time in the day to get everything done. I'm not a tv person. It's always on for the noise; but rarely do I ever sit down and watch it. I am fatigued a lot lately and have to take rest breaks during the day. I always seem to somehow fill my day; but you're right....bored.

Cheri

[goose63058]

I watch way to much T,V, I also keep a clean house, cook ,iron,do laundry, occasionally I do yard work. I do not miss my job at all, but, I do miss being as active as before. Gone are the days of Sundays at Disneyland.