Shaken

This (mid-November) seems like a good point to update my PD blog. Since the last posting I've spent a month in Italy (which was grand, two weeks at REGEN and two weeks on holiday in Val Gardena and in the Stubai Valley (in Austria)) and a month mostly in Oxford (which was not so grand). In the Dolomites So why the difference? Aside from the obvious, the weather was better in Italy than in Oxford, the food and wine was better and served at very regular intervals and we were staying in good hotels and were waited on hand and foot, why did 'travelling' time seem better than 'home' time and what's this got to do with Parkinson's anyway? I'm coming to the conclusion that there are two (possibly related) issues.  Firstly, physical health.  I so often feel better when I'm away from Oxford - sometimes (like this autumn) I pick up bugs when I'm travelling and bring them home with me, which means that during the first few days back in Oxford I feel really ...