Let me Introduce You To...The One and Only...

This is my first Blog Post for Chicago Now. To see how this occurred, we should start at the very beginning. Its a very good place to start.

I've been on Facebook for around five years. Besides family, pictures and reconnections, I like to write little vignettes, mostly humorous.

About a year ago, I thought about writing a Blog. I couldn't think of a topic. Lot's of people write about the things I like to talk about. Things like Public Transportation, Music, Sports, etc and some are even funnier than me...I know hard to believe but true.

Then life threw me a topic. Right after my 60th birthday, I noticed some physical changes. My hands started shaking. I had balance issues. I wasn't walking in a straight line. I was dropping things....spilling drinks.

A friend of mine, who is a doctor, noticed and said I needed to get checked out. Being a male, I decided to wait. It's a guy thing, right?! I saw the same friend a month later. Same thing and he told me that blowing it off is not an option.

I went through a series of tests. Parkinson's Disease. The good news is it isn't ALS. More good news is this isn't likely to kill me. A doctor told me that something else would probably get me first. BTW...there will be plenty of talk about doctors in future episodes. I am concerned about balance issues and falling.

But the best news is I now have a Blog Topic...VOILA!!! 

In future postings, I really will talk about doctors (sigh), reactions, every day challenges and anything else I find is relevant to this topic. Hopefully some of these things will be funny. I want to be able to laugh at this...we'll see.

So that's my story.....and to quote Jackie Gleason....and away we go!!!