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You might've read about the mysterious jacket disappearance and miraculous reappearance incident. We've collectively asked everyone who could've had anything to do with it and nobody has come forward with a reasonable explanation. My sanity is in question.
Backstep about a year... a good friend and longtime riding buddy who's a Doctor of Chiropractics was watching me with a odd look on his face one day, I looked at him quizically and he said "How long have you been unconsciously rubbing circles between your forefinger and thumb and making & releasing a fist?" I had no clue what he was talking about. He then told me he'd seen me do it a few times and it was an early symptom of Parkinson's Disease. Which I readily laughed off and said ahhhh, I'll keep an eye on that.
For years I've had minor ssues with balance. Wouldn't call them a problem, just occasionally a loss of stability, usually laughed off with a "Wow, whole lot of gravity right there." comment. Now a little bit of occasional limb numbness and forgetfulness is starting to creep in. I can still think fast but don't express it as quickly and my conversations tend to wander in different directions. Now, just so I'm clear... I am the furthest thing from a hypocondriac there is on the planet. If it's not a gaping wound or complete paralysis I figured a tylenol and a backrub will probably solve it. I don't go see Doctors unless it's absolutely positively the last option.
If I placed the jacket back in the closet I have absolutely no memory of it. But it got me thinking that if this is the first recognizeable event in total memory blackout what's next? I don't fit the profile for a degenerative neurological disease, never had any major trauma and am 38yrs old this year. At this point I'm dismissing the jacket incident as a revelation of mystical forces that saw fit to return my jacket, since no other explanation is panning out. But I'm beginning to think a physical and trip to neurology wouldn't be out of line.
Thoughts?
Backstep about a year... a good friend and longtime riding buddy who's a Doctor of Chiropractics was watching me with a odd look on his face one day, I looked at him quizically and he said "How long have you been unconsciously rubbing circles between your forefinger and thumb and making & releasing a fist?" I had no clue what he was talking about. He then told me he'd seen me do it a few times and it was an early symptom of Parkinson's Disease. Which I readily laughed off and said ahhhh, I'll keep an eye on that.
For years I've had minor ssues with balance. Wouldn't call them a problem, just occasionally a loss of stability, usually laughed off with a "Wow, whole lot of gravity right there." comment. Now a little bit of occasional limb numbness and forgetfulness is starting to creep in. I can still think fast but don't express it as quickly and my conversations tend to wander in different directions. Now, just so I'm clear... I am the furthest thing from a hypocondriac there is on the planet. If it's not a gaping wound or complete paralysis I figured a tylenol and a backrub will probably solve it. I don't go see Doctors unless it's absolutely positively the last option.
If I placed the jacket back in the closet I have absolutely no memory of it. But it got me thinking that if this is the first recognizeable event in total memory blackout what's next? I don't fit the profile for a degenerative neurological disease, never had any major trauma and am 38yrs old this year. At this point I'm dismissing the jacket incident as a revelation of mystical forces that saw fit to return my jacket, since no other explanation is panning out. But I'm beginning to think a physical and trip to neurology wouldn't be out of line.
Thoughts?
