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Sherri Woodbridge was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s disease at age 44, and has been posting on Parkinson’s Journey since 2007. She blogs to encourage and assure others that they are not alone. Also here are tales of Sherri’s interactions with doctors, her advice and reflections, and even some poetry.
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3y ago
What do you do when you’re feeling your doctor just isn’t making the grade? You move on...
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3y ago
What does it mean to be made aware? Really aware of something? Okay, so you know about something. Someone made you aware either by telling you, you read about it, or you saw something about it. Perhaps someone shared their knowlege with you. Or they wrote about it or made a movie or documentary about […]
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3y ago
I have been blessed by having Parkinson’s disease. Do I like having it? NO. But I have seen and experienced tremendous blessings because of it. Here are a few: I have met and have had the privilege of knowing and being treated by one of the most knowlegeable, gifted, and wisest men in the movement […]
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3y ago
One of the first symptoms of PD... do you know what it is?
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3y ago
World Parkinson’s Day is celebrated annually on April 11, in the midst of Parkinson’s Awareness Month (April). It also just happens to be Dr. James Parkinson’s birthday, who is believed to have ‘discovered’ Parkinson’s disease. (I don’t think James discovered it. I think the first patient actually discovered it and he just put a name to it. […]
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3y ago
“I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson’s. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those choices, there’s freedom to do a lot of things in areas that I wouldn’t have otherwise found myself in.” -MJF
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3y ago
“Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.” -MJF
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3y ago
“I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor.” -MJF
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3y ago
What do you do when things aren’t going the way you thought they would?
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3y ago
I attend my boxing class twice a week. Regardless of whether she is having a not-so-good day or not, Kathy, another woman in my class, will be smiling. Not only will she be smiling, but she will be giving away words of encouragement or thanking one of the coaches for something they have done. Not […]
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