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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.

Your story, too, could inspire others whose lives have been affected by PD.  Share your story today.


Recent Stories

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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Posted on June 10, 2009By Sandy CohenI was diagnosed with Young-onset Parkinson's disease when I was 31 years old. However, I was symptomatic for two years before my official diagnosis. It was after my husband and I...
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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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Posted on August 11, 2011Following numerous tests I was finally diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1994. I remember crying and saying to my husband Art "what am I going to do now? He replied, "the same things you are...
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Posted on June 21, 2010by Lexy Hi, my name is Lexy. I am 13 years old, and my dad has Parkinson’s disease. I don’t really know what to write in this essay, but I think it’s important that I share my story. I have...
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Posted on March 21, 2011 It has been 15 years since I was diagnosed in 1996 with Parkinson’s .Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it. I was determined to absorb the blow, suck up...
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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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Posted on June 25, 2009 by V D Lopez Let me introduce myself: I have had Parkinson's now for 11 years of my 64, and I am only now beginning to notice some real limitations as I have slowly adapted to them...
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Posted on April 23, 2009By Carey Christensen The intricate interplay between body and mind that characterizes Parkinson’s disease (PD) has fascinated me ever since my diagnosis in 1999. For me, good mental health is...
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Posted on April 27, 2011My Dad's dad came here from Liverpool when he was 13. He died of cancer at age 48. My Dad was 21 at that time. My Dad always said every year he had after 48 was gravy. Jimmy Ross is an...
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