Welcome to hive!

North caroline such a great place. Visit few times and great place to live.

Sorry for the Parkinson. My grandmother had it and know it's difficult. Hope we advance finding effective treatment.

I think you will like hive. You will find lot of people that want the same as you. very helpful community.

Yes, at first hive and all eco system is kind overwhelming. Try to dedicate some time to know how it works.

Basically you have Hive and lot of dapps running over it. Hive is a fork from steem.

Few tips for u:

Find communities that you have interest
engage. You have Resources credits and as you earn rewards you can do more (everything here has cost). Use it wisely
create good quality posts.
don't do plagiarism
upvote good contents. Down vote bad ones
ask for help if needed.
have fun