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My husband was diagnosed with Parkinson's three years ago. He has severe back pain. We have seen an orthopedic doctor for two years and he gets the steroid shots for...

It sucks I was diagnosed in 2013 still not dealing. I still ask why I was doing good the first two years then it started going down hill. my anxiety...

My girlfriend and I used to joke that the most fitting epitaph for us both was "Now What". Life was just one adventure after the other for us then. We...

Dear fellow Parkies, does this resonate? Things have been going pretty well. Your own particular blend of symptoms have sorted out their pecking order, stiffness and joint pain mostly in...

I grappled with symptoms of PD for years before I was diagnosed. I was treated for depression, carpal tunnel, muscle stiffness, joint pain, nerve pain, etc., etc., and suffered awful...

Since I was a child, I had tremors in my hands, my father used to say "is because you are nervous" medicated with Valium or Librium. Nothing ever worked. At...

I was diagnosed with polymyositis through a muscle biopsy on my left leg which I never recovered from it. I have had polymyositis until I had another blood test about...

My name is Gary, I am 72yrs young. I was diagnosed one year ago and it was a life changing experience. I have taken a very aggressive approach in dealing...

In my early thirties, my doctor diagnosed me with a familial tremor, “It is most likely a familial tremor... it probably is not Parkinson’s disease since it does not run...

Who I am and what I do. Tiberio Roda, born in Lecco, Italy on 04-04-1955 I have three brothers and three sisters and a 90 y.o. father. I am divorced...

My husband has had PD for almost 6 years. Two months ago he was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis. What we thought was a PD problem turned out to be from...

In early 2008 or 2009, while cutting timber on my property, I was bending forward with chain saw in hand, I bent over to start trimming the fallen tree. The...

I had a traumatic yet enlightened experience during my MRI recently. It had less to do with worry about the possible interaction of the MRI with my Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)...

I love the sunshine. I feel motivated when a day begins with it. I find it such a struggle otherwise and so I am not looking forward to the autumn...

How to get Parkinson’s? John, who would want it? There is always that one weird person, but I’m referring to how to get diagnosed with Parkinson’s. It’s a process that...

Hi everyone I'm Sarah tucker I am new to this. I have Parkinson for 7 years. I have gone to Doctors the whole time they kept testing me and they...

While the Title leads you to negative thoughts, in reality it was just the opposite. I had asked to be seen by a full fledged Neurologist, not a student from...

I had struggled, as I imagine most people do in the sales of insurance. I joined a company that specialized in brokerage. We provided the expertise and the property/casualty agent...

I was diagnosed in 2011 with PD. I have had ongoing back issues since 2011. Steroid injections to no avail, scoliosis, stenosis etc. had back surgery in 2013 fusing L2...

It is like riding a Ferris Wheel. I am sure many of us have ridden one in our younger days. Chronic Pain by itself is disabling and treatment for it...