Stories

Hi Everybody, it's Ernie. I've been reading some of the posts and it looks like there are a lot of different situations related to PD. The one that caught my...

“There is nothing more painful in life than watching someone you love suffer, and not being able to do anything about it”. I love my mother, but I hate Parkinson's...

I've had a long time to witness the worsening of the "normal" connection between what my brain wants to do and what my body actually does or how quickly it...

I am a single mom, and until this year, I worked full-time. I was diagnosed in 2015 (at age 48) with young-onset PD. I hid the disease at work until...

Stay positive. Register yourself with myagedcare if you are an Australian citizen. You can ask myagedcare to send an OT to visit you and assess your situation. OT should guide...

I am 71 got diagnosed with Parkinson's 4 months ago approx. It's very scary in the first month looking at the different stages one can go through. After a month...

I have come to the conclusion that is with Parkinson’s are the sloths of the human race! I'm not saying that as a bad thing! I think sloths are cute!...

I have always been right side dominant...right handed, my bedside and kitchen set up with pens, books, can openers, flashlights and other necessary tools kept where I can see and...

I was diagnosed 4 1/2 years ago. As I look back, my PD started a long time ago. My many doctors could never put it all together. And they still...

I’ve had Parkinson’s for about 4 years now. I take Madopar. But I’ve also got osteoarthritis in my lower back. I’ve had this problem longer and this causes me a...

I started tipping forward recently, lost my sense of smell a decade ago, and noticed one arm not swinging when I walked. My son did some research and Mr Google...

I was diagnosed having Parkinson’s in 2010, and started taking medicines immediately. At first they worked well, but years went by and I needed more and more levodopa and carbidopa...

If I could just skip the first hour of every day - the "waking up/getting up hour," my life would be totally different and so much more positive and hopeful...

My name is Gary Michael Mazzola. I’m a Singer/songwriter and Actor/Director and I live in Tehachapi, CA. I was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2012, but I probably had...

It's been approximately a year now that I started noticing tremors in my right hand and arm. Within the last 2 months went to a neurologist who set me up...

I found out in 2018 that I had Parkinson’s. I was recommended a Dr at Shane’s University of Florida Gainesville by my orthopedic Dr. After evaluation I was prescribed carbidopa/levodopa...

I hate Parkinson’s disease. I don’t say those words lightly because I’m friendly and I try not to take life too seriously. That began to change back in 2008. I...

It started as early as the 1990s. Eyes failing, fast heart rate, then loss of smell around 2006. My nerves went or so I thought around that time as well...

How sad that people get Parkinson's. My husband is now in frail care facility 120 km from me after 45 years of marriage. He misses me terribly and I cry...

2014 was a horrible year for me. I was issued a rolling walker by the VA, a cane and some knee braces and told I would probably not be able...