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Tell us about your blog.

This is Andy, an early retired anaesthetic manager, who is discussing his personal encounter with Parkinson's disease. He discusses how he started his blog, detailing the many adventures of Captain Parkie based off his real life experiences.

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Andy Learmont

in Parkinson's Disease

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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in Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's and the impact on memory.

This is Andy, an early retired anaesthetic manager, who is discussing his personal encounter with Parkinson's disease. Here he discusses how Parkinson's has impacted his short term memory.

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in Parkinson's Disease

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.

Andy Learmont

in Parkinson's Disease

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.

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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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