Stories

About five years ago I first took notice of the trembling in my left hand. Indications might have taken place earlier, but as my wife and friends will tell you...

Trauma trigger warning: This story discusses suicide, suicide ideation, and the aftermath of a suicide attempt resulting in carbon monoxide-induced Parkinsonism, and some people may find it disturbing. If you...

It all started about three years ago. I have Essential Tremors, so I assumed the tremor in my right hand was ET. No problem, I said to myself. Then my...

October 5th, my life changed tenfold as I sat in the office with the neurologist, hearing the words "You have Parkinson's". My head spinning, screaming inside, this cannot be what...

But, a few years later, it appeared my whole body was rebelling. I developed asthma. Then, I started getting weird headaches, that would make it difficult to even see the...

My story goes back decades. However only in 2017 did doctors figure out I had P.D. Third visit to MDS Neurologist looking fresh out of school. Early in visit 3...

16 years ago I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. I was 65. At that time, my husband was in the mid stage of Lewy body dementia and it did not register...

Hello. I was diagnosed with PD about 7 years ago. I was 55 at the time. I saw a specialist and he could not find anything wrong with me so...

I am a wife and mother to two teenage sons, a full-time worker (and breadwinner) and now I am a caregiver. My husband was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and...

I was diagnosed with Parkinson's several years ago and have experienced most of the symptoms associated with it. Recently I developed a condition that perplexes me and caused me to...

One weekend roughly a year ago we walked onto our boat on a Friday evening after a long drive from NJ to Lake Champlain. When I woke up early the...

I was living a happy life. I was considerably healthy (I’d lost over 170 pounds by walking every day and eating a healthy diet). That was until I began to...

I’m sorry that I missed you. I’m sorry you were late, I’ll catch you when you’re next in view, Or just about to emigrate, Yes, I’m the promised man, I’m...

The real, underlying problem Parkinson's folk have is that they comprehend there is no cure for this monstrous, unassailable and undignified infliction, yet no one - or very few people...

It was a long road to a final diagnosis. My husband started out with a tremor in one hand and then the other. After Botox Injections in fingers hand and...

My partner, Dave and I went to Pt. Reyes Seashore in California near San Francisco for a relaxing day at the beach. Sunny, warm breeze not too crowded. And if...

My 90 year old Mother has been diagnosed with early Parkinson's via observation of her symptoms. No MRI or blood tests were done. Can I be sure she has Parkinson's...

This is my story about ten years ago, left bad abusive marriage ,moved out to Wa in Tacoma my sisters lived at. I first got out here my older sister...

Before PD I used to love to dance. One of the first symptoms I had was the inability to coordinate my limbs. After diagnosis I was properly medicated, and for...

I have had PD for a whole year. Well, probably longer than that. But was not diagnosed after being quite ill for a few years. I find eating a problem...