Stories

Little did I know or was told by my GP "take one a day and you will feel much better" Well thirty years later I am still taking one a...

After three years, 18 falls, two admittances to A&E, resulting many fractures. First it was his knee causing falls. His core became ridged. Finally in February 2023, Parkinson’s disease was...

I began having tremors in the left hand in Nov 2020. Due to Covid, I preferred an online consultation with the neurologist. Based on his assessment on video, I was...

I never shared my story before or made a formal announcement of having PD, so here it goes ... I was diagnosed in 2012 but I had my suspicion earlier...

My reaction to my Parkinson’s diagnosis was an answer to why I was falling and shaky. Having an answer was a relief but the Parkinson’s diagnosis was shattering. My condition...

I think my husband has had Parkinson's for more than 10 years. Unfortunately his multiple doctors did not communicate with each other and no one would take my concerns seriously...

My last submission was several years ago, so please forgive me if I repeat anything. I was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s at the end of 2016 by a Parkinson’s specialist...

In 1968 I was really depressed after 15 months in Nam, before I thought of suicide, God sent and an angel named Mily. She was the most beautiful girl in...

Parkinson’s? Started with Foot drop? (2013) 10 years ago approximately, my wife noticed something up with my foot while walking on the beach in Bucerias, Mexico. This lasted for about...

I was diagnosed with Parkinson's in February of this year. I don't know how I feel. Yes, I have tremors and restless legs, but the biggest change I have seen...

Recently, I've been having some real issues with my occlusion lately which often results in me biting the insides (buccal surfaces) of my cheeks. Some brief research revealed the following...

Our Parkinson's journey is entering my husband's 13 year journey with P. He is an anomaly, and as he says, I have my good days and my bad days, and...

In 1998 I didn’t really know much about Parkinson’s disease but sadly learned that year when Michael J Fox was diagnosed with PD. A few months later, my dad, Captain...

My husband does not have a diagnosis yet, just a tremor in his right arm from elbow to finger tips. While waiting for Neurology appointment May 12, 2023, we have...

I was diagnosed with Parkinsonism a year and a half ago. I had to wait 9 months to see a neurologist and by that time I could not walk without...

From inside, the tremor 'feeling' is like a bad piece of wiring like when a lightbulb flickers. The message I send from my brain flickers, sometimes jumping the synapses, often...

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...