I Used To Suffer Parkinson’s
I still have Parkinson’s Disease. My specialist told me I always will.
But I don’t suffer from the illness any more. And that’s the difference.
Despite everything medical that was going wrong for me then… my life is now back to normal.
Actually, a little better than normal.
I’m one of thousands who have transformed their health…. But I still feel blessed.
Let me tell you how this turnaround happened.
A shock diagnosis
I’d first gone to my doctor with concerns about – of all things – my balance.
My muscles had been feeling increasingly stiff and I’d been feeling unsteady on my feet for a long time.
When a friend noticed a slight shaking in my left arm I knew I had to see someone about it.It took a number of mental and physical tests for specialists to confirm the worst. But once it was confirmed I went into a state of absolute shock.
The specialist spelt out the long-term possibilities for me.
But however much of a positive spin he tried to put on the diagnosis – it all ended in the same place: therapies, drugs, specialist care…
And the never-ending falling-apart that comes with a degenerative brain disease.
I was on a downward slope to goodness knows what.
Of course, now that I’m off that downward slope I feel very different about things.
But I admit that I went into a miserable slump. I really didn’t take in much of what they were telling me.
All I could see was a person old before their time, having to rely on others to help me perform even my most personal functions…
I had never thought about my life ending up like that.
For weeks I was just too upset to think or do anything.
An overnight change…
Then one morning I woke up and I felt completely different about it.
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