Beaching, Exercising and Blogging!

Last week was another great week at the beach. Our son, daughter-in-law and two granddaughters arrived on Saturday and we had a couple of great beach days and some pool time, when the weather cooperated, along with good food, good conversations and lots of just hanging out time. We managed a couple of trips to Capt Curt’s for clam chowder and celebrated Mara’s birthday at one of our favorite restaurants, Ophelia’s on the Bay. We were sorry to see them off for home in Seattle after a fun week. Monday we attended a Parkinson’s event at the Asolo Theatre in…

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At the Beach — Again!

I am writing this from the deck of a beautiful home overlooking the Atlantic Ocean on Bald Head Island, NC.  Yep, at the beach again!!  More about how we got here later in this post. I have looked at several more clinical trials but again find that I don’t qualify because I am already on medication.  It seems to me that communication between Movement Disorder Specialists (MDS) or Neurologists and clinical trial operators could increase trial participants.  If the Doctors were aware of the trials being conducted nearby, they could then offer their newly diagnosed patients the opportunity to particpate…

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