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Everyone's experience of living with Parkinson's is unique. Here, real people living with Parkinson's share their stories about the challenges and joys of living with Parkinson's - about adjusting to diagnosis, dealing with employment issues, finding the endeavors (academic, artistic or athletic) that are therapeutic to their symptoms and/or outlook...and more.

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Dance and PD

Posted on June 17, 2010by Joy Esterberg An African man asked by a neighbor what he thought of the new school principal, replied, �I don�t know, I haven�t seen him dance yet." This struck me as a very telling comment....
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Dealing With Parkinson's

Posted on June 10, 2010by Dale Preece Kelly I was diagnosed with Early Onset Parkinsons about eight years ago. It started with a tremor in my hand - my thumb actually. I went to the doctor and had all of the tests....
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Sea of Shadows

Posted on April 26, 2010by Joseph Hilferty I was diagnosed with early-onset PD some fifteen years ago and I had been showing symptoms since I was about 25. People often think that PD is "merely" a movement disorder....
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Nothing's Wrong

Posted on April 05, 2010by Chuck Pew I look OK, so nothing is wrong No one sees the shaking that embarrasses me so. They do not see the pain that is to move. They may wonder why I�m lazy and slow. But I look OK,...
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A Walk to My Garden

Posted on February 17, 2010by Diane Durkee I see the stairs and I must go down Where will they take me? What lies ahead? I fear the unknown. What will I find? What will I see? I know I must go down. One step at a...
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Live Your Life to the Fullest

Posted on October 29, 2009By Patricia Sherrick My Parkinson�s story begins in a meat department of all places...I was working there at the time and noticed a tremor of the right big toe. Thinking it was a pinched...
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Health is Wealth

Posted on December 31, 2009By Su Kas How often have we heard the refrain "Health is Wealth" and we say, huh uh, and continue going our merry way oblivious to the significance of those three words. That phrase is...
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We�ll Dance in Heaven

Posted on January 25, 2010By Julie Matherly The first year of marriage can be the toughest, but not for us. My husband Tim and I were like one of the goofy couples on the eHarmony.com TV commercials. After overcoming...
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Other Creative Outlet Options

Posted on December 29, 2009By Earl Love I was diagnosed with PD in June 2004. My Creative Outlet??? I had been making wine as a hobby since 1989 and my wife and I have now won both Texas and International awards with...
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My Walk with Parkinson

Posted on September 11, 2009by Ronald RodriguesI have made a decision that the glass is going to be half full and that I will make the best of it. It is a conscious effort to do this rather than wallow in self...
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