 Charles Schulz was the creator of the peanuts cartoons. He was born November 6, 1922 in Minneapolis Minnesota. The peanuts cartoons were published in 2,600 newspapers, translated into 21 languages so it reached 355 million viewers. Charles was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 6, 1922. Schulz's parents were Dena (Harverson) and Carl Schulz. He was an only child. He attended kindergarten in 1928 at Mattocks School were his teacher encouraged his first drawings. In 1934 the Schulz family gets a black and white dog named Spike, he was a black and white mutt.  In 1936 Charles entered high school at St. Paul Central High School. Charles had a job as a caddie for Highland Park Golf Club. In 1937 was when Charles's first drawing was released. It was a sketch of Spike that was contributed to the February 22 panel of the newspaper comic called " Believe it or Not " by Robert Ripely. In 1940 Charles graduated high school and his drawings submitted to the senior year book are declined. Mr. Schulz drew ''Peanuts'' for nearly half a century. He swore that no one else would ever draw the comic strip and he kept his word. For years he drew ''Peanuts'' with a hand tremor. In the 1980s Schulz complained that "sometimes my hand shakes so much I have to hold my wrist to draw." The hand tremor affected Schulz's signature, but most people didn’t have any idea. The hand tremor led to the erroneous assumption that Schulz had Parkinson’s Disease. However, according to a letter from his physician, placed in the Archives of the Charles M. Schulz Museum by his widow Jean Schulz, he had Essential Tremor. Despite this, Schulz insisted on writing and drawing the strip by himself. However, his decision in 1988 to abandon the strict four-panel format in his daily strips, which he'd used since Peanuts began, is reported to partly have been an attempt to gain more flexibility, as he then could do some one-panel strips, which took less time to draw than four panels.  To learn more about Charles Schulz and “Peanuts” go to http://schulzmuseum.org/ Dee Wallace, who has worked as an author, teacher, dancer and actress in film, television, and stage for over 40 years, the mother in Steven Spielberg’s movie “ET,” is an Ambassador for Diann Shaddox Foundation for Essential Tremor
I often wonder how much stress affects our nervous system. Over the years, I have experienced plenty of emotional, verbal, and financial abuse, which I am sure did not help. One day, I accidentally fell backwards down the stairs, catching myself from somersaulting by grabbing the railing. In that moment, I felt my spine from the tailbone up to the back of my skull twist. From that day on, the head tremor has worsened. As I moved through my 50s, I noticed I was trembling more internally as well. Recently, I've observed in the mornings that my jaw seems to want to chatter, almost like I am cold. I also notice some tremors in my arms and hands when holding onto something or trying to be precise.
I do not tell you this for glory; I share this with you for inspiration and empowerment. We did this for over 5 years. It was getting to a burnout stage; my life had grandchildren to babysit, etc., so I needed to shelf the group for a while. My husband retired, and we moved to Florida, thinking, 'Ah, this is great, finally bask in some sun.' Little did we know, the DMV is very strict about people with tremors. I was denied my driver’s license and stripped of my independence. To find out, I was not the only one singled out. Coincidentally, my husband was out to breakfast sitting near three guys who were chatting about ET; one of the men also has ET and was also rudely and humiliated by the employees at the DMV office. There is a great need for education; how can we do this? Together, strength in numbers—let's put on our thinking caps and make a difference. We CAN do this for ourselves and for future generations. This can be part of our legacy. PLEASE contact the Diann Shaddox Essential Tremor Foundation for additional information. They have many great programs where they need our help. Once we return to NYS (our home state), I will keep my driver’s license, which I have held for 52 years, and I will be independent again. I will know when it’s time to let it go… For myself, my plans—along with my husband and family's support—are to restart a support group and continue educating others. I also want to focus more on the bullying aspect and work with legislation to educate both the state and federal levels. It’s an uphill battle, BUT it needs to be done. Will you join me in this journey in your area? God Bless us all. A special thank you to Diann Shaddox, her staff, and all their hard work. I am proud to be part of a great group and foundation. Mary D. is a member of DSF Patient Council.  It took me 3 years and 7 doctors to figure out what was wrong with me.
My name is Theresa McFadden and this is my ET Story I started with internal tremors, so I didn't know how to explain what was wrong with me (because I never heard of such a thing, no one in my family had it). I was diagnosed with anxiety (well who wouldn't have anxiety not knowing what was going on with your own body), depression (I wasn't depressed just worried) Went to see my 6th doctor who was trying really hard to find out what was wrong. My next visit I went because my voice started with a "quiver". So he was thinking MS (but that was questionable). He sent me to the RIGHT Neurologist. I lived on the couch for 3 years and thanks to my Neurologist I have some what of a life back. “No one knows Essential Tremors better than those who are living with it.”  Well my ET is a little different because I shake at rest and while in motion and it effects both arms/hands and my right foot. My kids won't let me help with any boo-boos they get because they say the shaking makes it worse. I am not allowed to use scissors or use sharp knives without being very aware of what I am doing. My oldest who is almost 13 gets a concerned look on her face when she sees the tremors act up. I struggle everyday to work on a computer for work but the scroll mouse helps and I struggle everyday with home life. I am not able to take any of the meds so I learn to deal. With all that downer stuff I have also met and made some wonderful friends. I have a ton of people who love and support me and a safe place to vent or ask questions. I have learned patience and that it's ok to ask for help, or go slow or even say no if it's too much. I have shook my whole life but finally at the age of 33 it doesn't scare me because I understand what it is. I don't mind people knowing my name because ET is my new friend who isn't going anywhere. I still try to hide it or control it but I am not as afraid to be around others. Kari Carpenter  My name is Colleen and I have a disease called Essential Tremor. Essential Temor is not contagious, does not mean I am less intelligent or that I did something wrong; I just shake. It can affect your voice, arms, legs, hands, head; basically any part of your body. I am blessed to only have it in my head. When I was about 30, I began to notice my head was shaking; I went to a doctor and she said I was just suffering from anxiety. She gave me a pill and it just made me tired. I eventually went to a neurologist and they diagnosed me with ET. They can give me beta blockers, anti-seizures drugs, or some other medication but it doesn't totally take the shaking away. I can drink alcohol and it helps some but I don't want that to be an option for me. I have still accomplished a lot in my life; I have raised six children, almost got my Masters degree and am a very social person. Essential Temor does affect my self-esteem and I do try to hide my temor at times. It is hard to get a job because everyone thinks I am nervous or when I talk to people they look at me strange because they are wondering why I am so nervous or something is wrong with me. It makes it hard socially because others do not understand ET. If you notice someone is shaking; please do not judge them please accept them as they are. I am ask often if I have Parkinson's disease; no I just shake. I am writing this because I want Essential Temor research to find a cure or something that helps the shaking. I am trying to help the public be more aware of this disease. There are millions of us that have ET. Thanks for listening, Colleen  The Physiological and Psychological impacts on Essential tremor: My story. My final presentation for General Psychology was an unsuspecting tell all to my professor and one of the hardest things I had to do in my life, tell my story!! From symptoms, testing, diagnosis  Tell Me I’m Normal By Elsie Doll My family said not a word about it, So I believed it was only I who shook For no reason at all. I was thirteen when tremor tentacles Wrapped round my self-esteem. I had no quarrel with life to deem Me nervous as thought by my family. Yet there it was consuming me, A trembling like their’s denied. In the privacy of my soul I cried, Is there anyone to tell me I’m normal! With trepidations, I left my family In search of others not nervous, yet shaky, And low and behold to my wondrous surprise, I found scores of people supplied With tremors and healthy esteem inside. I stared and they said, “Hey, you shake too! Do you not know that staring is rude?” “Ironic,” I said. “As I hate stares at me.” I became a member of their club ET, And my self-esteem rose to where it should be. 
My essential tremor reared its ugly head during my freshman year at college. No insecure, very shy, introverted girl wants to hear a voice behind her say, “Hey, girl, what’s wrong with you? Are you scared?” No, I wasn’t scared, just having a tremor beginning from an unknown source and terribly embarrassed. As with most cases, my ET progressed. My head shivered back and forth as if I were constantly telling everyone, “No, no.” Nevertheless, I incorporated it into my life and prayed each day that IT wouldn’t be noticeable or IT would go away. I got married, had a daughter, taught school for twenty-seven years, and at the age of 48 retired early and enrolled in seminary. Not because I wanted to become a student again, but because God was calling me. After graduation I was ordained and pastored in six different churches in twenty-four years. Yes, I stood in front of classrooms and congregations to teach and preach. I explained ET, but didn’t dwell on it. Sixty years of tremors in my head and now it is starting in my hands. Many of you can relate to that. One of my most embarrassing ET moments was at age 75 sitting next to my 104-year-old mother-in-law at her assisted living home. We were listening to an older man entertaining the small crowd with music. After a short time he told everyone to lift their hands and sway them side to side. My mother-in-law and I chose not to follow the instructions. He looked at me, saw my essential tremor head indicating no, no, and he stopped singing. He said, “No, we can’t do that! She says no.” I tried to hold my head steadier with little success. Several more times he stopped and pointed at me, so everyone turned to stare and see who was “disobeying.” Embarrassment and a little bit of anger. After the performance I did talk to him quietly. It may have embarrassed him, but I hoped he would not do that with anyone else in his audiences. Ten years ago I would have kept quiet and told myself to “suck it up, cupcake.” Not anymore. Do you wonder why we don’t see many others with essential tremor in stores or on the sidewalk? Where are the other 9,999,999 of us? The best place to find others is in a support group. After my second retirement, I began in earnest to write fiction books. I have two fictional series, several stand-alone books, devotionals and Bible studies, and one children’s picture book.
Born into a musical family, Dragon was the son of Eloise (Rawitzer) and conductor, composer, and arranger Carmen Dragon, and the elder brother of Dennis Dragon, a member of the 1960s pop combo The Dragons and the 1980s surf band the Surf Punks. His godfather was actor and comedian Danny Thomas.
In late 2009, Toni Tennille announced her husband had developed familial tremor. According to Tennille, his condition was neither debilitating nor terminal. Rather, his noticeable tremor was exacerbated by stress and anxiety. Subsequently, the tremor condition limited most of Dragon's public appearances. In November 2009, Toni Tennille announced that Dragon was under a physician's care to determine the best method of his treatment. In September 2010, Tennille publicly clarified her husband's condition as "a neurological condition (later confirmed to be essential tremor), which causes him to have tremors". Tennille indicated the condition was debilitating to Dragon's abilities as a musician. For many, the late actress Katherine Hepburn provided an indelible public image of essential tremor. Her quavering voice and trembling hands unmistakably betrayed the disorder.
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