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Medtronic Answers Your Top Ten Questions

December 1, 2014 By: PerkyParkie7 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I asked “What would you ask Medtronic about DBS?”.  Well there were many questions, submitted, so here are the top ten questions that you, the readers asked.  Drum Roll Please… 1.     What are the benefits of DBS therapy? What about the risks? DBS therapy has been approved by the FDA […]

What Would You Ask Medtronic About DBS?

November 13, 2014 By: PerkyParkie5 Comments

After the popularity of my recent post “19 Things You May Not Know About DBS”, I had many questions from my readers.  And as I have said before, I am not a Doctor and all though I am freakishly smart, you should probably followup with someone who is a little more serious than myself.  Who […]

‘Twas The Night Before Brain Surgery

October 28, 2014 By: PerkyParkie10 Comments

I have never been lucky when it comes to my health. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop in life. As a little girl, practicing my gymnastics beam routine on railroad ties in my backyard, I get Creosote splinters all through the bottom of my feet. Goofing around in South Park, Colorado when […]

I Hate Barbie, The Bitch Has Everything!

October 20, 2014 By: PerkyParkie1 Comment

I hate Barbie! I could feel the rage building up inside me as I struggle to zip up a pair of sassy, yet sophisticated slacks. I am sucking my stomach in so hard, that angry tears run down my cheeks… not because I am crying… I am actually laughing. “Ha, Ha. Good one!” I have […]

The Trip of A Lifetime Through My Dad’s Eyes

October 16, 2014 By: PerkyParkie1 Comment

Due to my commitment to the writing, producing, directing and starring in “Deep Brain Stimulation: The Sequel”, I thought you might like to read my Dad’s experience of our recent adventure to Europe.  And who doesn’t like looking at pictures from someone else’s vacation?!  Enjoy!     Perhaps the entry to Heaven looks like this…inky blackness […]

Deep Brain Stimulation: The Sequel

October 8, 2014 By: PerkyParkie13 Comments

Very few sequels are as successful as the original. Whether it is because they added new characters, a darker villain or the situation has changed, revisiting a story that has already been told, usually sucks the big one. But I have high hopes for my Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Part 2. My Story began on […]

Are Parkies the same in London?

October 3, 2014 By: PerkyParkie2 Comments

After a long flight, of which I slept most of the way, my Dad and I arrived in London, Heathrow Airport around lunch time after taking the red-eye  from California.  We had been told by our tour guide, that it would be best to stay awake until that evening, to allow us to assimilate to the […]

Heading Across The Pond

September 18, 2014 By: PerkyParkie8 Comments

A couple of years ago, my Dad told my Mom that he wanted to take a trip to Europe with his favorite daughter, who by the way, is unbelievably talented, caring, adorable and overall magnificent… or so I hear. The idea seemed so far-fetched that it was hard to imagine myself standing in front of […]

#PiesForParkinsons

September 9, 2014 By: PerkyParkie1 Comment

The ALS Ice Bucket Water Challenge took over the world this year.  Everyone from your next-door neighbor to Justin Timberlake has been joined the craze.  Videos have been plastering social media sites of giggles and screams of the multitude of people dumping ice water on their heads.  In fact, I was kind of getting irritated […]

The Loss Of A Great Man

August 14, 2014 By: PerkyParkie10 Comments

It was made public today that Robin Williams, who had this week taken his own life, had just been diagnosed and was in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease. New York Daily News states, “In a four-paragraph statement, Susan Schneider (Williams wife) — who was sleeping in their California home when Williams killed himself — […]

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Perky Parkie

Perky Parkie

I am a medical anomaly, advocate for people, freakishly smart, believer of unicorns, self-proclaimed addict of frozen yogurt, secretly a ninja, and personally planning the assassination of Barbie...Oh and I have Parkinson's disease. If I could describe myself in one sentence, I wouldn't be blogging!

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