Parkinson's Awareness Month

Hey all! I don't know if you know this or not but this month is Parkinson's Awareness Month! Why am I glad? It's a personal cause for me.

Several years back my Grandma was diagnosed with Parkinson's. Now at the time I had no idea what it was or anything about the disease. After taking a week-long trip to visit her and my grandad in Idaho I was confronted with the beginings of the illness. I had noticed little things about her that seemed different. (I hadn't seen her in a few years but I knew some things were different) I was sitting down to dinner with the family in Idaho and she was bringing some things to the table and I noticed the shaking in her hands. Very hard to tell unless you were really paying attention but from what I can tell it has gotten worse. A few months later I got some things in the mail from her and noticed how crooked and disfigured her writing had become. This caught me off gaurd. I hope that some someday a cure will come for this disease.

The actual definitipn of the disease is:
A progressive disease of the nervous system marked by tremor, muscular rigidity, and slow, imprecise movement, chiefly affecting middle-aged and elderly people. It is associated with degeneration of the basal ganglia of the brain and a deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine

Now even though most of you out there probably don't know anyone with this disease I would still like to raise some money for it. Please take a moment of your time and donate some money and let others know about this  cause! Thank you so much for reading!

you can donate here: http://www.michaeljfox.org/

- Chels