October 2013
My father suffered from Lewy Body disease, the same thing that killed Casey Kasem and drove Robin Williams to suicide. It’s a brutal and horrid disease that leaves everyone broken and battered.
This series is entitled The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch due to the nature of this disease and the way it treats families and the sufferer. My father died from it in 2013.
5/15/2022: I’m dusting off this series due to an unfortunate change in my life. My mother was diagnosed with the exact same disease this week. It’s not a complete surprise due to recent symptoms. Part of me wants to edit and rewrite the original series because it was written as a stream of consciousness series, live as events happened as it were. But my style has improved and the topic would be served best with a refresh. As I detail my mother’s struggles with Lewy Body I’ll probably clean up the original.
My Mother’s Story
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch: Let’s Make a Sequel
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch: The Mask (06/20/2022)
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch: EYE-MAX The New Cinema (02/15/2023)
The Body, The Brain, And the Sucker Punch: The Passion and the Christ (3/23/2023)
The Body, The Brain and the Sucker Punch: The Incredible Sulk (8/27/2023)
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch: The Spy Who Drugged Me (9/29/2023)
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch: And Then There Were None (11/21/2023)
My Father’s Story
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch – Introduction
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch Part I – In The Beginning
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch Part II – The Autumn of our Discontent
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch Part III – There’s a Storm Coming
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch Part IV – The Revolution will be Televised
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch Part V – Do You See What I See
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch Part VI – Stop the Ride, I Want to Get Off
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch Part VII – Gather Ye Rose Petals
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch Part VIII – The Spin Cycle
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch Part IX – Counting the Countable
The Body, The Brain, and the Sucker Punch Part X – The Wild Geese Are Calling