Will you help my son support Parkinson’s UK?
Back on the 24th of February I published a post under the title of Personal Journeys. It opened thus:
Life is a one-way track.
Those of you who follow this place on a regular basis know that last Friday I published a post under the title of Friday Fondess. You will also know that later that same day I left this comment to that post:
Sue, and everyone else, we returned from seeing Dr. Lee, the neurologist, a little under two hours ago. Dr. Lee’s prognosis is that Jean is showing the very early signs of Parkinson’s disease, and Jean is comfortable with me mentioning this.
Everyone’s love and affection has meant more than you can imagine. I will write more about this next week once we have given the situation a few ‘coatings of thought’.
Jean sends her love to you all!
Thus, as heralded, I am going to write some more.
You would not be surprised to hear that the last few days have been an emotional roller-coaster, for both Jean and me. Including on Monday Jean hearing from our local doctor here in Grants Pass, OR, that a recent urine test has shown that Jean has levels of lead in her bones some three times greater than the recommended maximum. While our doctor is remaining open-minded it remains to be seen whether Jean is exhibiting symptoms of lead poisoning, whether the lead is a possible cause of the Parkinson’s disease (PD), see this paper, or whether it is a separate issue to be dealt with.
Both my son and my daughter, Alex and Maija, have been very supportive. Alex has even decided to ride in the Ride London 2016 and raise funds for the notable charity Parkinson’s UK. Parkinson’s Disease is affecting more and more people and there is a great incentive to help any charity in pushing back against this disease. As the sub-title on that Parkinson’s UK home page declares, “CHANGE ATTITUDES, FIND A CURE, JOIN US.”
Alex has started a little blog to record his preparation for his charity ride:
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This is my blog about training for Ride London 2016, on it I will detail what I get up to, who I’m raising money for and also cycling kit reviews as well.
So I entered the ballot for ride London this year and was unlucky, probably as I’m one of 20,000 odd middle aged men in Lycra (MAMIL) who try to get in every year, so I got my lovely rejection magazine and a cycling top as well.
I then found out that my stepmum Jean, has just been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, so I thought I would enter on a charity place and raise some much needed funds for research into this disease. Found out last week that I have been lucky to get onto a charity place and so the training begins…
Link to my fundraising page, thanks 
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Please, please if anyone would like to chip in anything at all you can trust me that it will be greatly appreciated by Alex and all those around him. Donations, both from within the UK and overseas, may be made by going here.
Thank you!
Learning from Dogs 
Tis done, what a brilliant endeavoir for Alex to be doing. Best wishes to you, Jean and all the family Paul *smiles*.
– Esme upon her bike upon the Cloud
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Thank you, Esme, that’s wonderful.
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MAMIL… That made me laugh. Following Alex, and good on him.
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I suspect that Alex’s estimate of 20,000 MAMILs is a bit on the low side! Best wishes, John.
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You know I am sending Jean lots of love and support Paul,especially since this new diagnosis . I think its a commendable way for your Son to help support Jean and Parkinson’s in his bike riding event.
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Big hugs to you, Sue, for saying what you did. I’ll make sure Alex sees that.
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