Today I’ll look back at a previous post: Pre-clinical trial starts February 26.
Or not. Instead, I’ll do my best not to violate the NDA we signed about the trial, and look instead at oh, say, humor and Parkinson’s Disease (PD).
As one of my graduate professors mentioned to our class, humor is best when it is “in the moment,” spontaneous, and not planned, often helping to release the tension of what could be an awkward moment.
I’ll refer to the interview conducted by Power for Parkinson’s earlier this month with the PhD. candidate who was conducting the trial noted above. In it, he lays out the concepts and the parameters of the studies, and the three folks in the interview play some of the exercises.
Powerful People interview with Robert Cochrane
The home site for the program is yesandexercise.org.
I actually participated in the clinical trial noted in the previous post and felt that it helped me recognize some things about myself as a Person With Parkinson’s and my interactions with the rest of the world. Still have the same issue of people of thinking I’m serious when I’m jesting, and vice versa, though. And knowing just how far to go with it and when to shut my mouth (or press delete instead of send). It’s a work in progress… or an abandoned house/wisecrack house/fixer-upper. Take your pick.
and, just for today, we’ll end in a prayer:
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I’ll forgive Thy great big one on me.
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- Robert Frost
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bob's brain: living well with a movement disorder and other comorbidities 