Monday, November 5, 2018

When  I was teaching Head Start we enjoyed a book and song called Today is Monday . It was a repetitive song about food....Monday string beans, Tuesday spaghetti, Wednesday soup, don't remember the rest of it......but sometimes when someone asks me "How are you doing today ?" (especially if they know about my PD) ....the song pops into my head because on any given day my Parkinsons  manifestations are different..........like this:

Today is Monday                               
Today  is Monday                              Monday shaky
                                                           Tuesday lethargic                                                                                                                                   
Monday  nausea                                 Wednesday   steady
Tuesday  unbalanced                          Thursday  tired
Wednesday  okay                                Friday  happy
Thursday  sleeping well                      Saturday  in despair 
Friday  anxiety                                    Sunday  hopeful
Saturday  happy
Sunday  no falls                                      AND AGAIN

Then it starts again
Monday  sleepy                                        Monday  frustrated                                                                        
Tuesday  energetic                                    Tuesday  stumbling
Wednesday  sweating                                Wednesday  funny
Thursday  forgetful                                    Thursday  thankful
Friday  peaceful                                          Friday   clear
Saturday  calm                                            Saturday  serious 
Sunday  moving rocks                                Sunday    brilliant


The days, weeks , months, years
Always different, always the same
For me Parkinson's is an interesting guessing game.

Diane  "whatever"

1 comment:

  1. I'm so glad that you are now putting your Head start experiences to good use. But also i am enjoying your blogs.

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