Nothing lasts forever, least of all this blog. After nearly 7 years, 200 posts and 60,000 views, I've decided that this will be the last entry.
It's not that there isn't more to write about. I could talk about some of the research I've recently started to get involved in, the slow but inexorable decline in my faculties, some new Parky friends I've made recently, or miscellaneous things like the Parky that went into space last week.
It's just that it feels like time to move on. Most of these topics can be the subject of YouTube videos for LivedHealth Parkinson's that I do a lot of work for. And as for my personal story of living with young onset Parkinson's, that is now in a long middle phase where, yes, stuff happens, but progression is slow and frankly it gets a bit boring after a while. I'll keep the blog open for another year or two with some of the better posts still live, and then let it slip quietly into the archives.
I want to close by saying how much I've enjoyed writing these musings, and how grateful I am to you for reading them. If I've helped a few people along the way then that's fantastic; if I haven't then at least I got a lot personally out of writing this stuff.
Take care whoever you are and wherever you are, stay positive and remember: you can't change the hand you've been dealt, but you can make the best of the cards that you hold.
