Humor

If you're easily offended or overly sensitive about either your Parkinson's symptoms, or those of a loved one, then I can safely predict that you will find the following video offensive. But watch it anyway, and try your best not to laugh for the next 90 seconds. It is unfortunate that Parkinson's Disease takes away our abilities to perform some tasks, and makes us feel more self-conscious in social situations, but don't let take away your sense of humor. What's funny about this piece is not the tremors, it is the facial expression of the customers and the awkward situation ...

Someone once told me that laughter was the best medicine. I think it was the claims reviewer at my health insurance provider. Thanks to carbidopa/laughadopa therapy, I can repurpose so many of my Parkinson's symptoms to treat other symptoms, that the worse my PD gets, the better I feel. ‘Off’ time can be repurposed as meditation time. Loss of smell/taste can be useful, if not absolutely essential, in eating healthier. Soft voices give an excuse to shift attention and become better listeners. Periods of freezing can be research/self-analysis of how fear holds us back in other areas of life ...

In financial news, button industry stocks were down sharply after the Michael J. Fox Foundation announced a boycott of all clothing with buttons, as part of new initiative to tell the world to stop making products that people with Parkinson's loathe and detest. Anticipating further boycotts, portfolio managers are telling investors to divest of shoelace stocks, and to invest heavily in protest buttons and velcro. A foundation spokesperson issued a warning of future activism: "Squishy water bottles...those ones that are impossible to open without spilling water all over yourself...which makes it look like you wet yourself...you're next! People with Parkinson's are ...

Paul Mayhew-Archer is a UK comedy writer best known for his work on "The Vicar of Dibley" and "Mrs Brown's Boys". Since his diagnosis with Parkinson's Disease in 2011, he's been looking at the funny side of life with Parkinson's, performing stand-up comedy, and touring the UK in his one man show, "Incurable Optimist". For details on this tour, see his website: http://mayhew-archer.com Here are a few of his observations on Parkinson's: The funny side of life with Parkinson's diseaseComedy Writer Paul Mayhew-Archer refuses to let Parkinson's disease stop him seeing the funny side of life. ❤️ Posted by BBC ...

"Don't blame it on the whiskey, Don't blame it on the rum. Don't blame it on the gin & tonic, Johnnie Walker or the JägerBomb. Don't blame it on the cigarettes, 'cause I ain't had none. If you want to blame somebody, blame it on the Parkinson's... Check out Mitch Faile's funny (and oh so true) Parkinson's awareness video, and support the Wilkins Parkinson's Foundation: ...

Source: http://uberhumor.com/parkinsons-disease (Laughter is the best medicine, other than exercise.) ...