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Angela

My Aha Moment DIAGNOSED AT 33 Well, I guess I will start by telling you that I am a...see more 39 year old wife, and mother of 4, ages 2,4,9, and 12. Our journey began in February (2005). I remember it was the day after Super Bowl Sunday – what seems to be a national holiday […]

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Alicia

The Incurable Optimist DIAGNOSED AT 40 The crazy thing about my symptoms is that they all started around my...see more 40th birthday…like a stiff neck and yoga wouldn’t loosen me up. I went to my chiropractor he said I was in alignment. I would be running and my left foot would like skid like there was […]

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Alex

You Can Do Anything DIAGNOSED AT 45 Hi my name is Shepard and was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease...see more at age 45, in 2009. Everything started one day when I was working out at the gym, doing shoulders and boxing. I felt a twitch on my shoulder, and couldn’t lift anything with my left arm, […]

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Alan

Diagnosed at 72 is 83, was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio where–shortly after graduating high school–he married his...see more holocaust survivor sweetheart and received his medical training at Western Reserve University. Wanting to get away from snowy winters, they left for San Francisco, California where he did his internship and residency at UC San Francisco. […]

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Allison

  Diagnosed at 37 I had just had my baby at 32 years of age. I was filling the coffee...see more pot with water, holding it in my left hand when the first tremor hit. I couldn’t control it. The tremors progressively worsened. In August of 2014, I separated from my husband and the tremors became uncontrollable […]

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