Snow was good. Weather was good. It would be rude not to go skiing with Mrs W-t-P.
Beautiful day and pause for thought. Last year I was debating whether to buy new skis when I might not ski much more with PD. Glad I took the positive option. These new Salomon S max are awesome carvers and I was racing down some of the inviting red runs at our favourite local resort (Les Angles, Pyrenees)
Also interesting to reflect on PD progression. I am sure things have been getting worse the last few months. My phone is shaking a bit as i write this. Mostly ok, but more bad days where I start to think about symptomatic therapy. (I have an appointment with my clinical neurologist scheduled for 8 January.
But there is a fluctuation. And I have to conclude I was better yesterday than at the end of last season in March. Still slow and shaky getting my left glove through the ski pole strap. Still dragging my left pole a bit. Still awkward maneuvering my poles for ski lifts. But less so. And skiing fast and free (the Salomon's again)
And really lovely to share it with Sue. She only started 3 years ago, nervous, afraid of heights, 54 years old and 5 operations on her right knee. She took up yesterday where she left off last year skiing a long red top to bottom, slowly, but with confidence and control... And a big grin
Happy Christmas everyone
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I get a problem with the cold where I can't get warm and shiver violently, since diagnosis. Fortunately hasn't happened skiing yet. Scares my wife when it happens. The worst episode was 12 months ago at her sons graduation.
I think it’s important to get early morning bright light in your eyes in winter plus take vitamin d. Skiing must help this!
I’m hoping to keep my husbands momentum up this winter now he is feeling so much better. He normally gets worse as winter goes on. We are in the Southern Hemisphere so it’s summer here.
I take vitamin d on my GP advice following 2 blood tests showing low levels. The sunshine and fresh air are good. So is the exercise. I felt so much better the next day. (And of course the beers 😉
I also tested low for vit. D. This was after already taking 5,000 iu for many years. I have increased it to 10,000 iu in the summer and 20,000 in the winter. I get as much sunlight as I can. In the winter it's harder.
Obviously I recognize i am fortunate compared with many on this forum to be able to ski . But as Ace of bass has pointed out, less fortunate compared with my school mates who don't have PD.
And one of those, otherwise in good health, can't ski due to a C2 fracture sustained falling off a push bike
I live 15 minutes away from skiing next to Mt. Shasta, California. I love it as well! Allopathic doctors do very little to curb chronic diseases. They will give you medicines that will help temporarily. Why not study Vitamin B1 on this site? It will stop the progression and will help with the symptoms. Look at mucuna pruriens as a natural form of L-dopa. In tests, it works the same as other drugs, but is all natural and will not harm your body. Your doctor, most likely, was trained to prescribe drugs. Your doctor probably knows about these natural therapies that stop the progression. My husband is doing extremely well, and has taken mucuna for years. He just recently started B1. Why wouldn't you?
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