Ten days

I realized today, it has been ten days since I reported in!

I have continued to do very well, with the combination of B1 [650 mg] and Amantadine capsules. I don’t find myself running down and feeling in need of a pick me up!

My routine when I get up: take 1 capsule Amantadine, Plug in sauna and set heat to 140 degrees, eat a serving of yogurt set timer for 1/2 hour, spend 25 min in the sauna. Then shower. Then, after I’ve dressed for the day, I spend 10 minutes exercising on the Whole Body Vibration machine… [equivalent to an hour in the gym.]

After breakfast, I have been working in flower beds and garden. We still have bell peppers, lettuce, Swiss chard, onions, and a few tomatoes. I mixed up the apple cider vinegar, salt and dish soap recipe and put it in a spray bottle. I have to tell you. IT WORKED!! I feel … so much wiser. 🙂

We have been able to keep busy while sheltered in place, as our daughter has purchased supplies, as requested, to keep our projects on track. Plus, we finally received a cable internet service, so we have been moving things around to turn a space into an office for our daughter, so she can work from home 4 days a week, when Disney is ready for her back.

A gentleman in a Parkinson’s community chat room tries to share some clean humor each time he posts; today’s post follows

A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patty Whack.

“Miss Whack, I’d like to get a $3 0,000 loan to take a holiday.”

Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it’s okay, he knows the bank manager.

Patty explains that he will need to secure the loan with some collateral.

The frog says, “Sure. I have this,” and produces a tiny porcelain elephant, about an inch tall, bright pink and perfectly formed.

Very confused, Patty explains that she’ll have to consult with the bank manager and disappears into a back office.

She finds the manager and says, “There’s a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000, and he wants to use this as collateral.” She holds up the tiny pink elephant. “I mean, what in the world is this?”

(You’re gonna love this.)

The bank manager looks back at her and says, “It’s a knickknack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan. His old man’s a Rolling Stone.”

(You sang it, didn’t you? Yeah, I know you did.)

Never take life too seriously.

★♫.•Pass it on!! Give someone else a reason to smile. ♫★

p.s. to my followers: I erred when I said 650 gr it should have said B1 [650 mg]

Ruby slippers and WBV

Today, I want to share information on two of the tools I use daily. Both were gifted to me by the #2 leader of my pack.. my twin sister, Cheryl. She is certified to provide a therapy called Zone Restoration. Since she lives in Idaho, and I live in Florida, she typed; “I can’t ZONE your feet… so the closest thing I know is Reflexology.” So she sent me Reflexology insoles. [I’ll post more about that later] I slipped the insoles into some red slippers I received this past Christmas and wear them every time I use my Whole Body Vibration machine.

After John & I moved to Florida, and I’d shared some of my quandry over my baffling symptoms, Cheryl surprised me with a WBV. I’d seen the literature and claims … and desired to test it. I went to youtube to learn how other people use theirs and learned that different benefits are associated with the variation of vibration speed. Lower speeds are best for exercise and higher speeds don’t give muscles time to react, but are great for stimulating the lymph system. I even found examples from giving yourself a facial to doing the Kegel exercise.

The recommendation is to not use it for more than 10 minutes at a time. When I did my first set [while John ( my #1 leader of the pack) was fixing our breakfast]… I did two sets of 20 deep squats & two sets of 20 high knee lifts, followed by approx 5 minutes of posture holds (the first two as taught in this youtube) 3 posture  For all of that, I have the vibrations set at about 12. Then I ramp up the vibrations up to 70 for the last two minutes to free up any sluggishness in my lymph system.

The first visit I had with my Movement Disorders specialiat, I came away with a referral to a speech therapist. There I learned about LSVT . I Had no idea how soft my voice had gotten, and learned a great deal from my visits. . https://parkinsonsdisease.net/living-with-pd/voice-exercises/

The next time I step onto my WBV with my red slippers, today, I will do my exercises I learned from my speech therapist. I like to multi-task so I decided to attempt to add a challenge to memorize what I am shouting. So I enlarged a copy of The Relief Society Declaration,and posted it on the mirror, so I can read it with my Prism glasses. [That is a story for another day.]

The Relief Society is the women’s organization formed by members of . . The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints

Image result for the relief society declaration

After I have ‘Shout/recited’ the declaration, I proceed to do facial exercises to target my drooling and Parkinson’s Facial Mask. These are done at 12 on the WBV. Facial (improve drooling, chewing food) Then I crank it up to 70 for the last 2 or 3 minutes.

Whew!! It took me a lot longer than 20 minutes, to type how I use 20 minutes of my day for exercise