Hi Tom:
I just stumbled upon your forum. I am 57 years old and live in Atlanta. I searched for this topic and couldn’t find anything in the US. I’ve been playing guitar for probably 35 years off an on. Lately it’s been very hard with Parkinson’s. My left hand is very weak no matter how much I concentrate and focus it doesn’t get better. I can play parts of songs well and then other parts are crap. I wish I just couldn’t play at all. It would be easier to accept. It’s almost like Parkinson’s is playing a game with me. The disease let’s me learn the first half of a song and then it shuts me down and doesn’t let me learn the rest. I like to play Gary Moore, Joe Satriani, southern rock and classic rock. I had five guitars and started selling some of them off now just basically play a PRS custom. But that’s if you call what I do playing. I am at not depressed, just frustrating because I would love to play on a regular basis. Being that I can’t play guitar very well I still need to be creative so I’ve taken up writing books in the past couple of years. It’s nice to know there are others out there that love music and are the same situation as I am. I guess we just need to keep on trying. We can never give up. I’m convinced that they’ll be a cure sometime during my lifetime. And when it happens I plan on getting a Les Paul and starting a band in the old folks home;) The rocking never stops when you have Parkinson’s…literally and figuratively.
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