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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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Keeping active and engaged with Parkinson's.

This is Andy, an early retired anaesthetic manager, who is discussing his personal encounter with Parkinson's disease. Here he discusses the importance of keeping active for him and how that has impacted his outlook.

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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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This is Andy, an early retired anaesthetic manager, who is discussing his personal encounter with Parkinson's disease. He writes his blog about Captain Parkie, based off the 1973 film 'The Exorcist' demon Captain Howdy, exploring the many challenges faced with daily activities and pulls a humorous story from them.

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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.

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