Well it's like this .......

[anthonyjohnrobinson]

Another day another dollar ... sigh. Spreading the word about PD can be tedious, as been said my many on this site that unless you look ill you are not ill. If you are not shaking you can't have Parkinson's.

For me today has been a good day, I have been out without my cane and I have not fallen once, I did however meet three prospective clients and two couples who are friends of a friend.

So when, if ever, do you bring up the P word?

I would like to let clients know in good time in case the Devil's Puppeteer makes a move and I can't deliver. This however is a very negative attitude and a good way to loose clients so, unless they read this blog, two prospective clients went away with bundles of literature and a promise to let me know as soon as possible whether I had got the commission or not, but did not know I was a pwp. The third client to be came to see me later in the day at my cottage not in my shared office. Unlike the office, my home has a few adaptations to make my life a little easier, especially in the bathroom, so when she went to use the bathroom my client noticed the extra rails and grap points I have installed. Having had some experience with disability she asked if they were for someone in the family, when I told her no I lived on my own and they were for me she was surprised. We then talked for an hour about PD and my problems and when she left I had the commission.

The two couples that I met later this evening had been primed about my condition and they both reacted in the same way the men looked like they wanted to run while I had a good conversazione with their partners.

Funny old world.

[esrob]

Hi Anthony,

Just like you, I always look very healthy, and often when I feel absolutely ropey. Me! Parkinson's? Naaaaah! It's only when I start moving around that people realise that something isn't quite right.

I just don't do pale and interesting!

[larry33b]

I too had a similar experience. Last night I had dinner with friends, and they all said I looked so well. I looked tanned and fit. Oh well, at least I look good!

[Cags3]

I too am always being told how well I look and when I do tell people I have Parkinsons they reply with well you can't have it that bad!!! LOL Until they see me walk with my stick then they say oh I would never have guessed lol lol

[Hidden]

We must all look a healthy lot sat there being told how well we look when we feel like C***.

Reminds me of a tale of an old farmer went to Scarborough for a weeks rest after being ill.

Returned home and promptly died.

Laid out in his Sunday best, his relatives came to see him, his sister said ''by gum but tha knows he does look weel. That week in Scarborough did him t' world o' good.

[ronn in reply to Hidden]

A good joke and well told !!!

[floozeanne in reply to Hidden]

Know what, I read the post and then recognised the prose! Hi oldtyke, hope you're keeping well. If ever you and your OH are up in the smoke you must get in touch, would love to meet up and have a good old chin wag!

[Hidden in reply to floozeanne]

likewise! If ever you find yourself lost in the heather in the wilds of Yorkshire.

come and have a bit o' summat to sup.

That goes for all (but dont come all at once)