Shake, Rattle and Roll: Brain fart?
By A.C. Woolnough Reader Columnist One of the first medical terms I learned after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease over five years ago was the word prodromal. That word is doctor-talk for a symptom...
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Shake, Rattle and Roll: It’s About Time
By A.C. Woolnough Reader Columnist Some amazing thoughts came to me on our 11-hour flight from Osaka, Japan, back to the States last month. The first was the difference between 2019 and 1957 when...
Woolnough pens book about living with Parkinson’s
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A former educator and principal of Sandpoint High School from 1992-2001, A.C. Woolnough is well-versed with the written word as a powerful form of expression. When he was diagnosed...
Shake, Rattle and Roll: My new superpower
By A.C. Woolnough Reader Columnist Many people think of Parkinson’s disease as afflicting only older people. They conjure up an image of someone with stooped posture, bent over a cane, slowly shuffling down the...
Shake, Rattle and Roll: It Ain’t All Good
By A.C. Woolnough Reader Columnist A little while ago, I wrote a piece titled “It Ain’t All Bad.” Before anyone thinks I live in a fantasy land where Parkinson’s Disease is all glycerin and...
Shake, Rattle and Roll: It ain’t all bad
By A.C. Woolnough Reader Columnist “You have Parkinson’s disease.” Those four words rock your world, and nothing is ever the same. PD is progressive, it is chronic and it involves the death of thousands...
Shake, Rattle and Roll: Get MAD
By A.C. Woolnough Reader Columnist After nearly 70 years on this planet, I figure I’ve been asked, “What does the A.C. stand for?” several thousand times. It’s now time to reveal the big secret:...
Shake, Rattle and Roll: A column about the trials and tribulations of Parkinson’s Disease
By A.C. Woolnough Reader Columnist “Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up.” —Rocky Balboa Blonde Bombshell, cornerman for Bald Bomber, is busy taping up his hands in preparation for the...
SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL: No Perfect Answer
By A.C. Woolnough Reader Columnist These days, we seem to be at odds with each other about everything. We disagree on politics, religion, education, the environment, climate change, health care and on and on....
Shake, Rattle and Roll: Pass to Pass to Pass…
By A.C. Woolnough Reader Columnist The only thing you must remember when hiking and backpacking in the Cascade mountains of north central Washington is to put one foot in front of the other —about...
