Did you go through a grieving period or denial?

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Did you go through a grieving period or denial?

This is Andy, an early retired anaesthetic manager, who is discussing his personal encounter with Parkinson's disease. Here he speaks about his experience with embarrassment through the initial period of living with Parkinson's.

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How it feels when I take the medication for Parkinson's.

This is Andy, an early retired anaesthetic manager, who is discussing his personal encounter with Parkinson's disease. Here he discusses the way it feels when the tablets work for him in combination with the positive lifestyle changes he now associates with having Parkinson's.

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Keeping active and engaged with Parkinson's.

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What are the difficulties.

This is Andy, an early retired anaesthetic manager, who is discussing his personal encounter with Parkinson's disease. Here he discusses some tasks that he has found difficult with the progression of Parkinson's, which leads us to his blog, detailing the activities more thoroughly.

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Parkinson's Lived Experience

This playlist contains a compilation of videos, recorded on a zoom call, discussing Andy's uplifting and humorous encounter with Parkinson's disease. His story is real and his coping mechanisms have enlightened the community that he write blogs for. Themes within the playlist cover symptoms, lifestyle adjustments, coping strategies, the role of family and friends, and what is written within the blogs of Captain Parkie.