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red_li0nz's avatar

My mom has Parkinson's. Her symptoms are not terrible yet, she's only about 4 years or so in, but what a lot of people don't know about people with Parkinson's is exercise is very important to them. Not just for overall health but because the things, like boxing, she does, greatly help her with physical symptoms and motor stuff. My mom normally exercises at least 5 days a week at the gym with classes and when she does her symptoms stay pretty under control with medications. With gyms being closed covid has forced her into a more sedentary lifestyle than she needs or wants. She's done some online ones at home and tried an outdoor one but thought the online ones were difficult to replicate at home and didn't feel people were really distancing very well at the outdoor one. She's generally one of the most positive people I know, but I can tell it's wearing on her some even if she's not vocalizing it much, because she's a perfect patient and this is out of her control. I saw her recently for the second time since x-mas and her hands are definitely a little shakier than normal. No easy answers here and I'm feeling really resentful lately that this pandemic has been allowed to get this out of control. People have so little care for others that are affected.

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CGold113's avatar

This was so well written. Thank you for sharing

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