Fighting Back and Taking Control
Ed. Note: This article is a part of an ongoing series of stories from Parkinson’s Warriors from the community. Parkinson’s made me a better person. That’s a strange thing to say and believe me it is, but I wholeheartedly believe it to be true. I am in what I still consider my honeymoon phase of …
As the founder of Parkinson’s Warrior (the book, the Facebook group, the website), I’m often asked how to find happiness in life while living with Parkinson’s. I believe happiness is possible, and that your life could be much more than just struggling with a disease. Here are 5 steps to happiness that I’ve found while …
Since Parkinson’s currently has no cure, there is a huge reliance on hope in the community among patients and caretakers. Everyone seems to be waiting for that moment when the front page of the New York Times reads “Parkinson’s Cure Discovered!” in huge letters. I can safely speak for the entire Parkinson’s community when I …
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This originally appeared on Medium.com. Parkinson’s Disease is an incurable progressive movement disorder that leaves the body unable to move. As anyone with PD will tell you, the disease affects you differently each day, and this leads to added stress, frustration, and depression. After a while of living with the illness, it’s difficult not to …
When I was diagnosed with Young-Onset Parkinson’s Disease in 2011 at age 33, I was full-swing into my career as a media studies professor in California. Up until that point, I had been writing for journals, speaking at conferences, and applying for tenure-track positions. That all changed once the symptoms became too much for an ambitious …
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