Living

As we began a new decade of life with Parkinson's disease (PD), this post is to help you to take charge and keep moving forward each day. Your life with...

Living with Parkinson’s is a journey. It’s a process of learning and relearning how to adjust and live with this challenging diagnosis. We know that many of you in the...

I can't believe a year has passed and it was recently Christmas again! Where did 2019 go?! I absolutely love Christmas. For a small family, we make a big thing...

As this community and our sister communities grow, one universal truth is clear: people are more than just their diagnoses. As 2019 comes to a close and a new year...

This part of the multi-part series focuses on depression, apathy, and sensory symptoms. A checklist of non-motor symptoms is provided at the bottom of the post. It can be used...

When I was in private practice, the holidays were always a very busy time for me because of the increase in number of hospitalized patients. The majority of patients were...

Our resident artist here at ParkinsonsDisease.net, Peter, created a new comic sharing his thoughts on sleep issues as a symptom of Parkinson's disease. Unfortunately, many with Parkinson's experience sleep issues...

Parkinson’s disease does this incredible thing where it not only takes away one’s ability to control their body but also takes away one’s ability to be happy. It’s not enough...

If you look at one near-constant in the photographs of our past, it is that the people in them are smiling. Kids learn how to "cheese out" for the camera...

The skirt of the healthcare crisis has been lifted for me. I have seen the current overload of the need, neglect, and necessity that is clogging the nursing and care...

"Fear is the cheapest room in the house, I'd like to see you living in better conditions." - Hafiz In this time of unprecedented horrors and ongoing injustice, I find...

One of the most difficult decisions a person with Parkinson’s disease (PD) will face is deciding what medications to use to treat the disease. The choice is a function of...

Most everyone thinks of Parkinson's as a movement disorder. We call the most common motor symptoms of rigidity, bradykinesia (slow movement), tremor, and postural instability, the cardinal signs of Parkinson’s...

It’s a normal weekday, I’m at work and I’m struggling. Every movement I make is slow, my limbs ache and I feel like crying. But there are meetings to attend...

Exercise improves function and quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease. But sometimes you just don’t feel like going out for exercise. You’re tired, the weather is bad, or...

When it comes to trying to explain how we feel on a particular day, it can be difficult to articulate in a way for someone without our exact illness (in...

Recently, I set out on a pilgrimage to spend an afternoon figuring my Parkie self out. Not as emotional or spiritual as a "vision quest”, but I would still be...

Getting a handle on what activates or triggers Parkinson's symptoms can be a mystery. However, the longer you’ve had the illness and the closer you pay attention to your circumstances...

A few weeks ago, I met Dale. Similar to many people recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, Dale struggles with worry; sometimes, mightily. Still in his 40s, he worries about rapid...

I’ve just started a new job, well sort of job. It’s a 9 month business builder programme, creating a company which solves the challenges faced by older adults. I’m incredibly...