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Barry

In late 2013, my friend Drew Walker told me that he had been diagnosed with Early Onset Parkinson’s Disease...see more (EOPD). At the time, he’d been living with the disease for five years and over that period the symptoms had slowly progressed. Drew has been a friend of mine since college and we’ve kept in touch […]

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Barry

Diagnosed at 32 i have early onset Parkinson’s disease. I was diagnosed at age 32, but prior to that I...see more had a “benign tremor” from my early 20’s. Even though I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, i didn’t give up. I continued to work as contractor for the federal government until 2008, at the age of 50. […]

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William

Diagnosed at 51 My name is Bill Gilleece. I was diagnosed in 2007 @ the age of 51. I am...see more an Occupational Therapist and over the years worked with clients suffering from Parkinson’s. My father & an uncle both had PD. So I knew what to expect ( I thought)! It was quite a surprise to […]

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Wendy

Diagnosed at 51 Every person has a choice to live with a positive attitude or a negative one.  I believe...see more that my personality is to basically look at the bright, positive side of things.  That being said, I also believe that life throws us curves that we usually don’t see coming and those are the times […]

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Vincent

Diagnosed at 47 I worked in the cable television industry for 23 years after graduating from Rowan University in Glassboro,...see more NJ. In 2012 my family noticed that I was having tremors in my left hand and arm. The initial concern was that I had MS, but after getting an MRI and seeing 3 neurologists, it was […]

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Victoria

Diagnosed at 48 As I look back on my life, I do ponder a period when I had some pretty...see more serious, pretty awful, issues with anxiety, where I felt like I couldn’t swallow anything. Even though I was officially diagnosed in 2003 when I was 48, I think my Parkinson’s story started about 14 years before […]

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Therese

Diagnosed at 63 I have always been an independent, motivated person and never had any illnesses or disabilities whatsoever. When...see more I began to suspect that my slowed movement and fatigue was more than just being a little “out of shape”, I went to see my GP, who referred me immediately to a neurologist who diagnosed me […]

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Sutapa

Diagnosed at 36 Yes, you can I am a nobody who wants to be a somebody so I can make...see more a difference in everybody… but nobody wants to give me a chance to be a somebody so I can make a difference in everybody…. It all began at least I think so in May of 2004 […]

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Susan

Caregiver for 30 year(s) Hi! My name is and this is our story! 30 years ago my father was diagnosed...see more with PD. He noticed a twitch in his left pinky. He thought was too much coffee so he limited his intake. He I think was diagnosed then but I believe that it was not until 1987 […]

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Susan

Caregiver for 4 year(s) My father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2012, but looking back he had symptoms for at least...see more 10 years. When the diagnosis came, a light bulb came on for me and my anger and frustration involving my father (a retired and once fearless air force fighter pilot) washed away as I now understood […]

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