Download - IDENTITY
RESEARCH• New procedures• New medications • What works for others• What has not worked• The best doctor• The emotional stages
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HEALTHY FOOD & DRINK
Food Matters - Forks Over Knives -Food, Inc. - Hungry For Change -
Vegucated
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YOUR TRIBEIDENTIFY YOUR SUPPORT SYSTEM
• Family and other Caregivers• Health Care Professionals• Parkinson’s Associations• Exercise Partners• Financial Planners• Attorneys (if necessary) Employment – Benefits – SS Disability
• WHO ELSE???
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SILVER LINING
• Use our new found “abilities”• Help others - new perspective on life Obituary
• Develop lasting friendships in the PD community• Humbling Experience:
Become more loving, kind and compassionate
(I was an A…………) • Express appreciation to our care partner love you
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CARE Partners Experience
DISBELIEF – DENIAL
ISOLATION – SADNESS
AWKWARDNESS - ANGER
FEAR – DEPRESSION - SHOCK
CAN YOU SAY “COURAGEOUS”
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Amazing Life
WE have the POWER to have an Amazing Life: the HIGHEST
QUALITY OF LIFE that we can POSSIBLY HAVE.
TAP INTO THAT POWER.
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Life ain’t always beautifulSometimes it's just plain hard
Life can knock you down, it can break your heart….
But the struggles make you strongerAnd the changes make you wise
No, life ain’t always beautifulBut it's a beautiful rideWhat a beautiful ride.
- songwriter Gary Allan
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Michael J. Fox Quote
“For everything this disease has taken, something of greater value has been given - sometimes just a marker that points me in a new direction that I might not otherwise have traveled.”
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Michael J. Fox Quote
“So, sure, it may be one step forward and two steps back, but, after a time with Parkinson’s,
I’ve learned that what is important is making that one step count, ….. always ….”
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ALWAYS REMEMBER
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear,
an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
- Leo Buscaglia37
FOR THE BEST
My mother is still not convinced• BUT look at where I am TODAY office , MJF
• And look at how healthy I am TODAY• And now YOU are blessed to know what to do.
Someone certainly does work in“MYSTERIOUS WAYS”
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