My
stepmother was telling me about a friend of hers that had Parkinson’s Disease
really badly. If you’re not familiar
with this disease, it’s a degeneration of the central nervous system, and it
affects the person’s motor skills. The
most common symptoms are shaking, stiffness, and slowness of movement. It eventually starts to destroy their mental
faculties as well, and many people suffer from dementia or a lack of awareness
of their environment.
This
friend of my stepmother had really bad shaking of his hands, which was quite a
detriment based on his chosen profession.
He was a barber. She’s telling me
this at the barber shop, as I’m watching this barber do a fade on this guy’s
head with a razor. And I’m trying to
picture this shaking man attempting to do the same thing.
