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Tools and Assistive Devices

What tools or devices have you found helpful in managing your PD symptoms? Which have been unsuccessful?...

Holiday and Fun Gathering Advice

Many people will be invited to gatherings to celebrate the final weekend of summer this weekend. However, for some people, these gatherings are difficult due to their symptoms. Thus, I...

How to help

Hello! I work in an adult day center and have watched one of the participants steadily decline over the past 6 months. She hasn't been diagnosed with PD but a...

My husband has Parkinson's

My husband was just diagnosed with Parkinson's. He's had balance issues for a couple of years. He uses a walker and a scooter now. At first the doctors said it...

How to talk to my spouse

My husband is 52 years old and he and I went for a walk the other day. I noticed when he walks he doesn’t move his right arm. His dad...

DBS

I'm a 75 year old man, in Feb. of 2013 I had my first DBS implant,(for the left side) to control severe tremor, I had it done at the Cleveland...

How do you deal with involuntary movement above the waist?

My dyskinesia consists of my upper body swaying back and forth, my head moving around, and my hands in fairly constant motion. This can continue for half an hour or...

Has any member had a kidney transplant and now has PD?

I had a kidney transplant in 2014 and now have been diagnosed with PD. I have not exercised in a long while and m starting PT . For a long...

Can anyone recommend easy reading novels, romance/mystery, for people with stage 4 Parkinson's

My mother use to love to read. We swapped books all the time. Now her level of concentration has taken a downward spin. Can someone recommend an author(s) that writes...

Diet - ‘Off Times’ - Weight loss

My friend has non-tremor PD. He is 79 and has been on medication regimen for over 1 year. Neurologist recommended altering diet to avoid proteins causing Off time too soon...

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