Slow, limited movement or bradykinesia is a common symptom of Parkinson's disease. Sometimes it is so subtle that I'm not even aware that it is affecting me. But the other evening when we were having dinner with Ed and his family, 5-year-old Jacob watched me for a couple of minutes then asked, "Grandpa, why are you drinking so slowly?"
I, of course, answered in the only way I could think of that would make sense to him. "Because, I'm really a robot," I explained. "Okay," he replied.
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