Re: Friday afternoon

[Walter Ervin <walt44ervin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Rick,

I identify with you on both counts.  Some things I am not invited to
just because I can't be a part of it, like a work day at church.  Still,
we are treated 'differently' because we are not the same.  We have
entered into what one writer referred to as the land of the unwell, a
separate and distinct place.

And the vivid dreams leave me exhausted in the morning.  I too have
grabbed my wife and woke her up - scaring her and me too.  One of the
worst things about the dreams is my body cannot distinguish between them
and reality.  And you know what stress does to a pwp.

Walter

Rick Hermann wrote:
>
> Rick calling from Bellingham, Washington.
>
> Anybody out there having trouble keeping close to some of your old friends,
> now that you feature a progressive brain disease? I am noticing subtle
> effects, a kind of distancing, that I can't quite put my finger on. Part of
> it is that I'm just tired, and don't do as much as I did two years ago. I'm
> not feeling shunned, just a little ignored because I'm not out there
> socializing much. When I get done working for the day, I'm beat-o, big time.
>
> Old friends with good intentions send me articles about Parkinson's
> disease, but don't invite me out for coffee or to a movie. Weird.
>
> I told my neurologist I've been having more active dreams lately, probably
> due to Sinemet, he says. In fact, I had one last week where I dreamed I was
> playing basketball and went up for a monster rebound. Man, did I jump.
> Grabbed the ball, woke up, as did my wife--because I'd grabbed her head!
> She said, "What the heck are you doing!?" and I said that I was grabbing a
> rebound. Has anyone had similar dreams (just kidding :-) I'm just glad I
> didn't try to start dribbling down court.
>
> Enjoy the weekend.
>
> Rick, 48, kinda bummed right now.