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Truck has been repaired--again. New radiator installed--and it only took about 4 hours! The funny (odd) thing happened when they gave me the vehicle--I started it up and the Check Engine light came on. Perhaps the truck likes it there--and just wanted to stay (hah, hah).

 I came home and napped for a couple of hours--I got tired with the waiting despite walking over to SBs for a latte, a breakfast sandwich, and a small cup of coffee.

I spent some of the time making a list of PD issues--for next week's appointment with the neurologist. I plan to flesh out that list--and print copies for the sessions with all the medical people I'll see next week. Oh, what fun it is--to have such a pervasive focus.

I thought some about a plan B while I was waiting today--I thought about the email I just received from a woman who is the caretaker for her husband, who has PD. She talked about the extra help she is getting--people coming in 12 hours each week, she dropping him off two days at a day care center, the time she has to put in as he's started to fading, and so on. I could see me living alone--and being forced to cope more on my own. I know it sounds odd to be thinking of that alternative--but I can see me being more likely to keep going alone if I don't depend on others. I see people in SBs, like J, who can't walk--but is still driving, moving about, and coping. He recently acquired a new van--and a motorized wheel chair that he can get in/out of the van on his own. He can't walk without using a walker--it's amazing to see him get out and about with such a limitation. I see him--and ask myself why I'm not doing more given my comparatively less problematic conditions.