The way forward

I'm 59 in a couple of months, I've not been able to work for three years. I live in the UK with the most amazing woman, I simply wouldn't have been here if not for Caroline, and that's what I want to share with you, it's not only the PD patient that suffers their partner gets it too and probably suffers more.

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To the caregivers I say only this, the person you fell in love with is still in there, but now you can only see one part at a time, sometimes an Arsehole sometimes a gentleman but I can say unequivocally there's a lot of love coming back to you. Stick with it, you are amazing people...

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