APDA Story

Terri

“If you don’t ask, it won’t happen but ask and look what can happen!!” Diagnosed at 64 I first...see more diagnosed myself with P.D. – mainly because my husband said something is wrong with your voice, and my handwriting had gotten very small. My sister was diagnosed 10 years before so I was kind of familiar […]

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John

Inspiring Speaker Diagnosed at 41 As a person with Parkinson’s I am an inspiring success speaker. Not a Speaker with...see more Parkinson’s disease (though I have had to live with it for 15 years). Not a run-of-the-mill inspirational or motivational speaker. I did not choose this profession. I sacrificed a lot to graduate from Cornell Law school […]

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Paola

Making Dreams Into Reality Diagnosed at 15 I understand my Parkinson’s is considered Juvenile Parkinsonism* because I was diagnosed...see more when I was a little girl, but now I am a young woman living with it, and I want people (especially women with PD) to know they don’t have to be afraid if they want to […]

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Morgan

Handling the Curve Balls Diagnosed at 16 I was diagnosed with Juvenile Parkinsonism at 16 after two years of...see more doctor visits, tests and scary misdiagnoses. I remember being perfectly healthy, never even having had the flu until June 2007. I was 13 at the time and was out to dinner with my family to celebrate […]

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Michael

One Day at a Time Diagnosed at 41 Over the course of a few years, I started to realize...see more that I was falling into walls, had problems swallowing and smelling, and started to develop on-going tremors on my left side (mostly in my left hand). After going through numerous neurologists (one of whom told me […]

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Mary Jo

Diagnosed at 79 My mother is 94 years old. She was diagnosed with Parkinson’s when she was 78 years old....see more She is currently taking Stalevo 100 mg every 2 1/2 hours and sinemet in between as needed. She does have times when she can’t get out up out of a chair. She uses a walker but […]

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Eric

  Diagnosed at 40 I lived in Baltimore until I joined the USMC at 18 and traveled the world. I...see more got out in 1992. My son was born in 1994. From an early age I knew the importance of physical fitness. On or about my 40th birthday I had my first noticeable tremor. (What a present, […]

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Mary Huston

  Diagnosed at 54 Several years after my diagnosis I would Try my Hand at Water Color painting The result...see more – Painting Brings me to my Knees (And this had absolutely nothing to do with Parkinson’s except it was encouraging that I did not have a tremor post DBS and at least I could give water […]

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Lou

Diagnosed at 71 I have been married 64 years and have 3 children. I retired at 62, and have been...see more a year member of the Elks for 35 years. I have served as a scout master, Little League President, Finance Officer at my Church. I’m always willing to help but have had to slow down lately. […]

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Lori

  Diagnosed at 45 I am an accomplished vocalist, composer and arranger, and have performed throughout the United States, Europe,...see more and Latin America.  My voice has been heard in households across America in a wide variety of jingles for television and radio. I am originally from Panamá, and studied music at the University of Florida and […]

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