It's Awards Time!

What better way to mark the end of a year than with an award!  And if you've earned this award, my friend, you truly deserve recognition.

It's the..

2010 Parky Bill's Parkinson's Place

Executive Dysfunction

Hall of Fame Award

As we all know, executive dysfunction is a harbinger of a more global dementia in Parkinson's disease.  It starts out silly and turns serious.  One day you're putting the car key in the door lock and wondering why the door won't open, the next day you're putting DVD's in the microwave to watch movies.

Now, to qualify for this award, you must answer "Yes" to at least 4 of these 10 questions.



In the past year, have you...

1.  Made a huge mess in the bathroom by turning on the shower nozzle while it was laying on the shower floor with the shower curtain open?

2.  Attempted to make coffee for your spouse by pouring freshly ground coffee beans into her/his cup?

3.  Taken your pills at the appointed time, then -- 10 minutes later -- had to check the pill box to make sure you took your pills?

4.  Found yourself holding a toothbrush and a tube of Preparation H instead of toothpaste?

5.  After brushing your teeth (hopefully with toothpaste), taking the cap off a bottle to rinse your mouth and discovering just in time that you are holding a bottle of aftershave, not mouthwash?

6.  Forgotten to wash and/or dry parts of yourself during your morning ablutions?  Left soap where you should never leave soap to dry and itch?

7.  Sat down on the potty, waited and waited for nature to take its course, only to give up, stand up, turn around, and see to your surprise that you've DONE your business -- you just can't remember doing it?

8.  Taken your PD pill with a half-a-glass of water and instead of pouring the leftover water into the sink and putting the glass on the counter, poured the water onto the counter and put the glass in the sink?

9.  Gone to take your PD pill and instead of pouring water into a glass, put the pill under the stream of water?

10.  Had to relinquish all financial responsibilities to your wife because a check of the balance shows you've spent money on stuff that you can't remember spending money on, but the proof is right there in your PayPal account and when you see it, you remember buying it but you don't remember just why you wanted it.

I have done all 10 of these things.  There are probably more that I can't recall at the moment.  But if you qualify (we're on the honor system here), you go right ahead and download that beautiful award at the beginning of this post and hide it where no one will ever see it.