Parkinson's Diagnosis to FundraisingHello everyone! I am one of the few people that can say that they have had Parkinson's Disease over half my life...reactions4comments
Glad To Know What’s Wrong With MeIn 2021, I was diagnosed with essential tremors in both hands. After about 12 months, the shaking went from annoying to bad...reactions5comments
Nighttime StressorsI been having weird dreams especially when they put me on Carbidopa/Levodopa. I get sleep paralysis where I’m half awake and half...reactions1comment
Rigid FingersThe fingers of my left hand (predominant PD side) were getting stiffer and keeping them together, made them difficult to use. As...reactions1comment
Journey Is A Stupid WordWho the hell came up with the word journey to describe living with a life long debilitating, progressive disease like Parkinson’s? What...reactions3comments
My Parkinson's experienceHello there, well here I go. I'm 60 and started to experience parky symptoms around 2014. I was diagnosed "officially" in 2019...reactionscomments
Wanna Give Parkinson’s the Middle Finger? Celebrate Your Life NOW with a “Selfabration!” (Part 3)This story is the last installment of a member-submitted 3-part series. Part 1 of Jackie's story can be found here and Part...reactionscomments
Wanna Give Parkinson’s the Middle Finger? Celebrate Your Life NOW with a “Selfabration!” (Part 2)This story is the second installment of a member-submitted 3-part series. Part 1 of Jackie's story can be found here. First recommendation:...reactions5comments
Wanna Give Parkinson’s the Middle Finger? Celebrate Your Life NOW with a “Selfabration!” (Part 1)This story is the first installment in a 3-part series. Stay tuned for Parts 2 and 3. In early January 2022, I...reactionscomments
No One is Actually Interested in Parkinson'sListen. My story is about endings, not beginnings. Nor is it about suffering. It is about protest. So get real. I started...reactions3comments
My Life Is Over Thanks to Parkinson'sMy life is over thanks to Parkinson's. Everything ... my health, my looks, I don't even go out for meals anymore. It...reactions1comment
How Me?Why me, is the usual question that arises in our minds more often than not when we face difficult situations. In the...reactions3comments
Restless Legs Need Some RestMaybe it was there before Parkinson's disease hit me. But my doctor says PD is what lies at its base, restless legs...reactions1comment
My Emotions and Physical Pain After DiagnosisHello All, my story, maybe not so short, is that my first symptom was tremor in my hands finally severe enough to...reactions1comment
A Long RoadMy journey began years ago with just a little weakness on my right. If I held my right hip I'd be fine...reactions1comment
FallingI am 67, Parkinson’s for at least 7 years. Preceding my fall, I was careless and sloppy as I went up some...reactions5comments
Outing Myself with YOPDIt began in 2010, a feeling of fatigue that felt inordinate to activity. A negative test for Lyme disease and an internist’s...reactions5comments
Am I Losing my Mind?I am 68 years old and was diagnosed with Parkinson's last October. It took months to get into a neurologist, the first...reactions1comment
Diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2015Hi my name is Joan, I am an 83 year old woman living in a lovely little market town called Thornbury, South...reactions3comments
The Battle of PD Is DifficultI was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's disease (YOPD) at 42 years old, but I think I had YOPD during my teenage years...reactions3comments
