Stories

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...

Stay positive. Register yourself with myagedcare if you are an Australian citizen. You can ask myagedcare to send an OT to visit you and assess your situation. OT should guide...

I am 71 got diagnosed with Parkinson's 4 months ago approx. It's very scary in the first month looking at the different stages one can go through. After a month...

I have come to the conclusion that is with Parkinson’s are the sloths of the human race! I'm not saying that as a bad thing! I think sloths are cute!...

I have always been right side dominant...right handed, my bedside and kitchen set up with pens, books, can openers, flashlights and other necessary tools kept where I can see and...

I was diagnosed 4 1/2 years ago. As I look back, my PD started a long time ago. My many doctors could never put it all together. And they still...

I’ve had Parkinson’s for about 4 years now. I take Madopar. But I’ve also got osteoarthritis in my lower back. I’ve had this problem longer and this causes me a...

I started tipping forward recently, lost my sense of smell a decade ago, and noticed one arm not swinging when I walked. My son did some research and Mr Google...

I was diagnosed having Parkinson’s in 2010, and started taking medicines immediately. At first they worked well, but years went by and I needed more and more levodopa and carbidopa...

If I could just skip the first hour of every day - the "waking up/getting up hour," my life would be totally different and so much more positive and hopeful...

My name is Gary Michael Mazzola. I’m a Singer/songwriter and Actor/Director and I live in Tehachapi, CA. I was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2012, but I probably had...