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“What do you do?”

February 21, 2013 By: PerkyParkie2 Comments

You know when you are meeting someone new, they always ask, “What do you do?”.  A flash of your life goes through your mind as you slightly begin to panic.  How do you define yourself in 30 words or less? Then, without a pause, you spout our the most superhero, ‘cliff notes’ version of yourself. […]

“Jugular I.V.” and “3 Day Weekend” should not be used in the same sentence.

February 20, 2013 By: PerkyParkie2 Comments

When people ask you “got any plans for the upcoming 3 day weekend?”  Most common responses are, “going to the beach” or “going to see a movie”.  But not me!!  I think that the best thing to do with my time, is go back to the Hospital’s Emergency Room, with severe stomach pain, just to […]

Happy Valentine’s Day~*

February 14, 2013 By: PerkyParkiecomment

          A young woman was taking an afternoon nap. After she woke up, she told her husband, “I just dreamt that you gave me a diamond necklace for Valentine’s Day. What do you think it means?” “You shall know tonight”, he said. That evening, the man came home with a small […]

Silver Lining

February 12, 2013 By: PerkyParkie8 Comments

This weekend, I went to the emergency room.  For those who know me, this can be a pretty normal thing for me.  Besides having Parkinson’s disease, I was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 24, which lead me to 14 surgeries in three years.  If you are asking “Why is this post titled ‘Silver lining’ […]

Life is Precious

February 5, 2013 By: PerkyParkie3 Comments

Today I learned that an amazing man who I met on this Parkinson’s journey passed away last night.  He passed while sleeping in bed next to his loving wife.  Many knew of him as an architect, who held an appreciation for how things were put together and how the smallest detail can define a building. […]

Parkie Nation

February 2, 2013 By: PerkyParkie4 Comments

This is the start of an exciting time!  This is the first post of a new way of bringing a community together.  Parkinson’s disease impacts millions of people all over the globe.  It is an illness that can make feel you feel alone in a very large world. But I am hoping that with the […]

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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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