23 Feb 2010
Duodopa Trial. Haven’t yet
got my symptoms completely under control. Dyskinesia and hesitation when
starting to walk are my problems and both are being stubborn and won’t go away.
The big problem is that one is caused by too much medication and the other by
not enough.
PD Presentations.. Have already done
three presentations in 2010 and have another this evening with the Bungendore
Rotary Club. Have two lined up for March.
Radio Interview on 24 Feb. Am being interviewed at 4:30pm on
ABC Radio (666 AM). The interview is about participating as a “Living Book”
recently at the Kippax Library in Canberra.
28 December 2009
I think I am finally getting organised and should now keep this website more up-to-date. This will mean that I will be putting up news items more regularly and replacing my sample poem much more often
For those people living in Canberra there is currently an exhibition of my photography in the foyer of the National Convetion Centre. The photos are for sale and can be purchased at the reception desk.
Duodopa Trial. The trial is still going very well and my Parkinson’s Disease symptoms are being pretty well kept under control. However, recently I have been having some troublesome episodes of Dyskenesia. We are currently playing around with drug dosage to see what we can do to get rid of this symptom. It takes a bit of fine tuning as a couple of my other symptoms start returning as the dose is lessened. However, I am still very happy with my health.
Purchase of my Photos. Once again I will try and get myself organized so that my photos can be purchased over the internet – WATCH THIS SPACE
Poetry. Have finally got around to replacing my sample poem on my poetry page. It is one of my favourites and was written for in May 2007 for “World Towel Day”. I have included a note about this special day at the start of the poem.
4 September 2009
Irene and I are on holidays on the NSW North Coast. I have been Guest Speaker for the Ballina Ladies Probus Club and the Lennox Head Probus Club. I enjoyed both talks immensely and looking forward to the other 4 talks I have lined up.
26 August 2009
Duodopa Trial
Still very happy with results, the longer it goes the better I feel. Very impressive in controlling the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease
SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ALL PARKINSON’S SUFFERERS.
Painting With Parkinson’s Canberra
This art therapy group is having a painting exhibition from 29 August 2009 to 13 September 2009 at Strathnaim Hoemstead Gallery, 90 Stockdill Drive, Holt. Open Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00am to 4:30pm.
Please go and check out this great exhibition.
Parkinson’s Photography
Starting on Tuesday 25th August at The Canberra Convention Centre there will be a display of photography by Shakydennis. He calls it Parkinson’s Photography as it is what you get when you can’t hold your camera steady. The exhibition will contiunue until the end of October 2009.
Photos are for sale and 15% of all sales will be donated to Parkinson’s ACT Inc.
(Report on City to Surf)
Completed The City to Surf easily in 2Hrs 42 min 7 sec from the Back of The Pack Group (4th and last start). After the gun went off to start our group it took 28 Minutes for us to reach the actual starting line. I walked with my wife Irene and sister-in-law Olesia.
Heartbreak Hill was no problem as we had walked Mt Ainslie in Canberra a few times in training. We are now looking forward to next year.