Welcome Summer!

This has been a hectic, fast paced and exciting spring. So much has been going on that this is the first chance I’ve had to take some time and catch you up on what’s been happening. As long as you don’t count the times I started and dozed off in front of the screen leaving a trail of dddddddddd or some other letter across the page. 🙂 When last we met, it was the middle of April and we had just completed our World Parkinson’s Day cycling class in the lobby of the YMCA. One of the pluses of living…

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Me, a Tennis Hero?

We met Jean Kirshenbaum when we started playing tennis here in Sarasota with a regular group twice a week.  Jean was not as mobile as some of the players but had an excellent serve and strong ground strokes and you could tell how much she enjoyed playing the game.  Jean had suffered a stoke 15 years ago but had worked hard to return to the game she loved, even if she couldn’t play at the same level she was playing at before the stroke.  Earlier this year Jean began to have problems with her gait, her balance and with freezing…

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