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We all heard that Laughing is the best medicine. Vikki is with us today to teach us how we can laugh away our problems. You can listen to the show at http://rockyourretirement.libsyn.com/laughing-with-parkinsons-episode-26\nVikki is an international best-selling author, humor blogger, and inspirational public speaker.\nShe wrote the book, “Shake, Rattle, and Roll with It – Living and Laughing with Parkinson's“.\xa0 Since my father has Parkinson's Disease, I had to get her on the show!\xa0 She did not disappoint!\xa0 We talked about her book, her life, and our ailments, including my dystonia.\nShake, Rattle, and Roll with It- Living and Laughing with Parkinson's:\nA few weeks after her first book, \u201cShake, Rattle, & Roll With It, Living & Laughing with Parkinson\u2019s\u201d\u2019 came out, she received an email from a woman who said, \u201cMy mother was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s ten years ago. Since then, no one in the house has ever been allowed to talk about it, or even mention the word \u2018Parkinson\u2019s.\u201d This created a lot of stress for the family as we all tried to pretend she wasn\u2019t shaking or stumbling. Any reference to her condition was immediately shut down. I bought her your book and set it on her nightstand. She read the whole thing in one sitting that night. The next morning, she came down for breakfast and began talking about her Parkinson\u2019s like it was the weather. She now talks about it and even laughs about it easily. The elephant in the room is gone. Thank you, thank you. Thank you.\u201d\nWe wanted to bring Vikki's award-winning humor to our audience, considering that many of us have parents and loved once with Parkinson's Disease (including myself).\xa0 I wanted to find out how she is laughing with Parkinson's, and she sure let us know!\xa0After all, her name has “laugh” in it!\nVikki gives us a glimpse into what it's like to have the disease, and how anyone can kick their troubles in the butt by continuing to laugh, regardless of your circumstances.\nVikki lives in Hood River, OR, where she writes the award-winning humor blog\xa0Laugh Lines: Humorous thoughts and advice on how to live young when you're… well… not,\xa0where she doles out irreverent advice on marriage, offers humorous how-to lists galore, and shares her most embarrassing midlife moments. She talks about mastering midlife with a little common sense and a lot of laughter.\nShe has been featured on the Michael J. Fox Foundation website, Erma Bombeck's Writer's Workshop, The Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, Generation Fabulous, Midlife Boulevard, Better After 50, and Funny Times Magazine. She also received a BlogHer14 “Voices of the Year” Humor award.\xa0Vikki's first book,\xa0Shake, Rattle & Roll With It: Living & Laughing with Parkinson's\xa0chronicles her hilarious, and sometimes poignant journey, about living with Parkinson's disease. Her newly released book,\xa0Who Left the Cork Out of My Lunch? Middle Age, Modern Marriage & Other Complications\xa0is available now on Amazon.com. You can find more of Vikki\u2019s writing at http://laugh-lines.net\nVikki\u2019s Books:\nShake, Rattle & Roll With It: Living & Laughing with Parkinson's\xa0Chronicles\nWho Left the Cork Out of My Lunch?: Middle Age Modern Marriage & Other Complications\nSomething people should know before they retire:\xa0 Kathy Kinney, who played Mimi in The Drew Carey Show, says in her new book,