Taking on Parkinson's
Dennis Jay O'Donnell
- Practicality
- and
- a
- large
- dose
- of
- humor
- …Taking
- on
- Parkinson’s
- is
- one
- man’s
- journey
- to
- lead
- a
- full
- life
- with
- PD
- by
- tackling
- and
- adapting
- to
- the
- disease’s
- physical
- and
- emotional
- idiosyncrasies.
- Diagnosed
- with
- Parkinson’s
- at
- the
- age
- of
- 54,
- this
- retired
- economist
- has
- dealt
- with
- every
- difficulty
- the
- chronic
- disease
- has
- thrown
- at
- him
- with
- practicality
- and
- a
- large
- dose
- of
- humor.Instructed
- by
- his
- wife
- that
- they
- were
- going
- to
- “do
- something
- outside
- your
- comfort
- zone
- every
- year,”
- Dennis
- O’Donnell
- has
- dealt
- with
- airline
- rigmarole,
- zip
- lining
- freedom,
- freezing
- and
- trembling
- during
- handball,
- grandchildren
- who
- see
- him
- as
- an
- overgrown
- playmate,
- and
- being
- bodily
- lifted
- into
- a
- rocking
- catamaran
- in
- the
- Caribbean
- by
- a
- woman
- barely
- half
- his
- size
- --
- all
- in
- the
- name
- of
- keeping
- on
- keeping
- on.He
- talks
- about
- facing
- the
- same
- problems
- as
- others
- affected
- by
- the
- disease:
- the
- early
- signs
- of
- Parkinson’s,
- Parkinson’s
- disease
- gait,
- freezing
- in
- place,
- unexpected
- emotions,
- side
- effects
- of
- PD
- medication
- and
- the
- intricacies
- of
- Deep
- Brain
- Stimulation
- (DBS).The
- book
- gives
- the
- Parkinson’s
- disease
- patient
- and
- the
- Parkinson’s
- caregiver
- a
- jargon-free
- glimpse
- of
- what
- PD
- is
- like
- and
- how
- life
- can
- be
- fully
- lived
- in
- spite
- of
- this
- --
- at
- the
- moment
- --
- incurable disease.
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