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Olivia

Diagnosed at 24 I was diagnosed with early onset of Parkinson’s disease when I was 24. My symptoms probably...see more began around age 21 and slowly progressed but they came on slowly and weren’t consistent enough for me to attribute them to much until I started having trouble walking and developed a tremor. My earliest symptoms […]

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Todd

The Unwanted Visitor DIAGNOSED AT 46 “I’m sorry. You have Parkinson’s Disease.” I stood in the parking lot, the...see more receipt flapping in my trembling hand, completely stunned by the words I had just heard. At least my neurologist had the courtesy of saying, “I’m sorry” before delivering the news. Still, it didn’t seem to lesson […]

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Steve

Unique Aspects of the Diagnosis & Treatment of YOPD: A Patient’s Perspective DIAGNOSED AT 40 Hello my name is...see more n and I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in fall of 2002. In the spring of 2009, I had DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation) surgery, and this is my story. My story actually starts in early 2000. […]

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Stacy

Challenged…Not Defeated! DIAGNOSED AT 39 My name is I am a mother of four healthy seven year olds...see more (yes 4!) They are my surviving sextuplets and my utmost joy. One of my sweet boys has autism and I have been very active in the autism community. I work as a cardiac nurse practitioner. One […]

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Samantha

It’s Okay to be Different DIAGNOSED AT 21 When I was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson’s at the age...see more of 21, I didn’t know what to think. When I thought about Parkinson’s, I thought of a person my grandparents’ age not a senior in college. I was even more surprised because no one in my […]

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Phil

It was the Weirdest Thing DIAGNOSED AT 46 It was the weirdest thing. At first I thought it was...see more funny as in ha ha and then peculiar. A couple of years later, I did not think it was funny as in ha-ha at all, and so started my life’s journey with PD. For four or […]

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Nora

Facing Parkinson’s DIAGNOSED AT 50 I knew something was wrong in January 2011. My legs started hurting deep inside...see more my bones, sometimes so badly that I could not sleep. I would shift and turn in bed for hours, trying to get comfortable. Muscles in my legs started tensing up on both sides; sometimes I could […]

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Atilla

Diagnosed at 62 My story of battling Parkinson It’s been 5 years since I met with Mr.Parkinson I was in...see more the airport of Amsterdam and someone gave me a hand shake , it was Parkinson’s and we’ve been living along since then. I tried to get rid of him and to split but once you go […]

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Melissa

Taking Things One Day at a Time DIAGNOSED AT 36 Where do I begin? One year I’m bringing home...see more my second bundle of joy, three years later there are things that are starting to happen. Worst of all, I can’t explain to my husband what’s going on. I always figured that I was going through […]

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Mauricio

Nothing Can Stop Me DIAGNOSED AT 33 My name is Sanchez, I’m a 39 year old male diagnosed...see more with Parkinson’s disease and dystonia at the age of 33, but struggled with symptoms of the disease for two years before that. Symptoms began gradually and one day I noticed that I was having trouble brushing […]

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