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We Need to Talk About Levodopa
As much as Parkinson’s disease can be described as condition of dopamine deficiency, delivering its precursor across the blood-brain barrier where it can be converted to dopamine through a single oral tablet that also prevents its degradation along the way is a rather simple and elegant solution, and one all the more impressive for having…
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Man in the Mirror
“It’s been a wild ride having PD this week” is a hell of an understatement. We barely had time to celebrate the signing of the Somebody-Should-Do-Something-About-All-The-Problems Act before we started inspecting it for signs of micrographia. I am unqualified to opine on a diagnosis, as I have neither thoroughly examined Biden’s medical records nor have…
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Parkinson’s May Not Kill You, But It Will Be The Death Of You
Let’s begin from first principles: I was the smartest person in the room. Ever since the moment I realized in primary school that I was leagues ahead of my teachers, that assumption has served as the foundation of my identity. A near-eidetic memory and a quick wit that cloaked an introverted and abrasive personality with…
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Rerun
One year ago, I made my first statement on having PD that was not in-person, knowing that it could spread to people beyond the targeted audience. Some things have changed since then, but not my unnecessarily confrontational personality. I took part in a 5k recently. Typically, one usually announces this ahead of time to…
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In Pairs
Glory be to God who created the heavens and the earth, Praise be to God who made all things in pairs. Thanks be to God who had given me shape in the womb, Praise be to God who planted within it my unwinding. Thanks be to God who had strengthened me that I may be…
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Pt Hx
I am five, at the foot of my parents’ bed as we watch TV, pulling back my big toe as it contorts painfully of its own will. I am unnoticed, this is not new. I am in my teens, my seborrheic dermatitis so inexplicably bad that my hairline is receding from both directions. I am…