NoDoorway 01
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Was it karma that caused my Parkinson's disease?  Well, I was less than kind to an old farmer I worked for in high school (behind his back, of course) who suffered from the disease.  So who knows.  This first section of "No Doorway Wide Enough" tells the story of my challenge to get a diagnosis in 1999 and 2000 (I kept hearing, "You're Too Young!"), through 2007 when a neurologist told me I not only seemed to HAVE Parkinson's, but a fairly classic case of it.  The segment ends on a question. "What's next?"
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In this FINAL EPISODE of "No Doorway Wide Enough, I'll explain how this book came by its name.  I'll serve up, perhaps, the WEIRDEST dream I've had so far, I'll share a poem I call, "Ode to an Adult Diaper," we'll wrap up the first round of physical therapy, I'll run down a list of things I...
Published 08/02/10
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