Another treatment possibility

A new study was published recently that indicates that (at least at Rush University in Chicago) in animal models the effects of Parkinson's were reversed when the subjects ingested cinnamon. Plain old cinnamon. Well, actually, Ceylon cinnamon, but it is readily available and delicious. Earlier articles poo-pooed this possibility, but the guys at Rush may be onto something new.

A woman in my support group walked into our meeting last week without her walker. Turns out she has been including 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon in her diet three times a day, and on the third day she noticed a remarkable improvement. It may not work for everyone, but I am not taking any chances. I got some Ceylon cinnamon and would be happy to sprinkle it on every meal for the rest of my life if it helps. The verdict is still out.

Not exactly exercise

There are a number of activities that are -- well, active -- but that are not exactly exercise. One of those is gardening. I have been doing little installments of weeding at dawn for about a week. Getting out there on my hands and knees, pulling those weeds vigorously, hauling the bucket to the compost heap, getting up and down, up and down -- this is certainly active! But not always fun.

But talk about fun ... I went ziplining a couple of weeks ago! A canopy tour from platform to platform (each of which was 50+ feet in the air), zipping through beautiful trees with fabulous views, up to 200 feet in the air and on lines up to 1100 feet long  (there were 10 lines, 2 rappels, and 2 skybridges. Wow! What an adventure! But I did it, and no one indicated that I was unusually unbalanced. So I even did it "normally."

I did it because I wanted to do it while I still could.

Now I think I will do it again!