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Most of us are born with a body and a mind that is relatively healthy. At some point, our body and/or our mind is attacked by what some call a disease that interferes with our ability to do some things we had gotten used to doing relatively easily. We attempt to defeat this attacker with the help of medicine and medical practitioners and with the help of pills and practices.
As we age, we must accept the reality that if we try to do something that we have always done, it is going to take longer, and it is going to hurt more, but we have to keep trying to do it. I still put my underwear on standing up. Good back and leg stretch and balance exercise. I stand next to the bed in case I tip over.
PD is simply a term the medical community uses to describe one of the many versions of aging. What if a given disease movement could actually accomplish their stated goal, "We will defeat (this disease) in our lifetime"? Does that mean we will have achieved eternal life? Or will this disease simply get replaced by a different version of old age? I am for committing resources to helping patients and families deal with the disease. I have trouble with implications of the word the word "defeat". We are on a journey with a finite length, let's enjoy it :)
What I think we need is an evolution in medicine. Instead of focusing on the disease, medicine should focus on the person. Disease is another opportunity for growth. Not an opportunity for despair. A disease may compromise an aspect of our lives that we had gotten used to.
A disease provides opportunities we may not have otherwise noticed. Most blind people find their hearing improves. People with PD get better at living for the moment and letting things happen instead of trying to make them happen.
I believe in using pills and practices if they help me take advantage of the PD opportunity.
I used to try and pursue happiness, now I slow down and let happiness catch up to me.
Remember, with aging comes maturity, thanks to our disABILITY
Some view the journey of life as beginning at birth, growing to mid-life prime and then deteriorating towards death. I prefer to grow right up until death when I will then be at my prime.

A simple test to determine if you have achieved your purpose in life. If you are alive, you haven't!

Love > hate