The OK CorralI love the doctors and staff in my local healthcare network. They are great people and, for the most part, do a wonderful job keeping me as healthy as a...reactions6comments
Hello, My name is 'Flash'.I love telling people that. As a younger person, starting out in the restaurant business, I was your average youngster-portly (but as my great grandmother would say-'I grew into my...reactions2comments
Hello my storyHi everyone may I tell you my story... I started writing down my memoirs with the intention of shocking my sons, you know how it is... they think life did...reactions3comments
No Time For Parkinson’s DiseaseHi, I am 62 and feel 42 on my good days. That’s my brain speaking. Not my body. Not now. I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease about 4 months ago...reactions14comments
2 months before diagnosis....April 2013 and I manage to get through the ski holiday, not without a good degree of stress. On the last day P (husband) and J (younger son 17) take...reactions1comment
I just don't understandI'm newly diagnosed with PD since February. I have tremors really bad and my feet go all the time. Sometimes I choke on my salvia and I never did this...reactions11comments
6 Months Before DiagnosisSomething is wrong... November 2012 - my Mum is very poorly in hospital having had a fall at home and broken her hip, followed by a heart attack in hospital...reactions4comments
Not Working For MeI was diagnosed with Parkinson's about three years ago, at first my consultant was doubtful as to whether I had Parkinson's or not, I was not showing the usual symptoms...reactions5comments
Early Onset Parkinson'sI was diagnosed with Parkinson's at the age of 46. I always felt that I was a little different from childhood on. I was an attractive little girl, but had...reactions4comments
Better Living Through DenialBetter living through denial – whenever I look at the printed coaster on my desk I smile, thinking of the client who gifted it to me. She had been a...reactions5comments
Who Would Have Thought?I honestly thought I would grow old, sit in a rocking chair on my porch and drink tea with my friends. Instead, I am now 83 years old and the...reactions3comments
Living with Parkinson'sI have had Parkinson's for almost 4 or 5 years. I have been diagnosed. I have a lot of pain just get from a sitting position to start to walk...reactions7comments
Trying to Cope with Parkinson's and a Husband Who Has DementiaIt’s very hard at times, I love my husband dearly, but it’s getting more difficult for me. I have had Parkinson's for more than 15 yrs and I have been...reactions12comments
My Unusual CaseI am Nicolae Stan (Nicolas) from Bucharest-Romania, 72 years old. I was diagnosed with Parkinson disease (PD) in 2015, almost a year after a severe winter cold that left me...reactions5comments
The DayI was running a very profitable businesses in the hospitality industry. In 1990 it all started when I went to get out of bed to go to work. As the...reactions4comments
UninformedIn June of 2020, I walked into my neurologist office, sat down and was told your brain is not functioning correctly. I asked what that means. I was told it...reactions4comments
Michael's StoryIn 2009 retired from the fire department after 35 years. I moved to Georgia and started having some tremors in my hands, and I was advised by my primary doctor...reactions2comments
Going on 4 years since confirmedI was in my mid-late 50's when the motor, smell, and severe R.L.S. sent me searching for answers I did not want to have. "Parkinson's. Oh don't worry. It's not...reactions3comments
Just diagnosedI have noticed a tremor for about a year. More recently it has become noticeable to others. The Movement center at RI Hospital diagnosed Parkinson’s. I’m a little shocked, but...reactions5comments
Foundry Worker to CaregiverI worked 28 years in a foundry while my wife was working in the medical devices facility and was diagnosed with Parkinson's in about 1991. She had a D.B.S. put...reactions3comments
