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</div><div>Diagnosed 2012</div><div>Earlier there were symptoms; micrographia, pill rolling, constipation.</div><div> A single pill of carbidopa levodopa 100 mg, instant release was returning a reduction of symptoms. This assured us that truly I was parkinson.</div><div>
</div><div>For some the first five years are revealing. For me it revealed bad days ahead. </div><div>I fight Parkinson everyday. What I have learned is too much to exhibit herein. An important tool, a guide, do not change or add medications simply because you experienced a Parkinson symptom the previous night.</div><div>
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[Robert]

Hi Marty.

I’m Robert

There’s a few things that happened with mine. First I’m a combat veteran. I served in Iraq in 2004. Fast forward to 2016, I had lost my mother (to natural causes) and my youngest son to an accident. Both very traumatic and about 2 months apart…

Soon after I start with a tremor in my right hand. My sons old brother noticed it first. He asked if I was okay. I didn’t much about it because it didn’t last long and it was that bad. Then it got worse.

So I went to see a neurologist. She diagnosed me right away. Sent me in for a scan to make sure that’s what it was. She was concerned it was something worse. It was Parkinson’s.

Having gone to Iraq in 2004 I did some investigation. I found out the base I was stationed at had been Sadam’s chemical manufacturing plant.

I asked my neurologist if that could be the cause. She said it very well could’ve been. She wrote me a note saying so. I sent that along with all the articles I found in my investigation to the VA and filed a claim. It was approved without any denials. I now receive 100% disability.

I have rigidity in my right foot and a pretty bad tremor in my right hand as well. On the good side I’m set to have DBS surgery on Friday.

[Sherman Paskett]

I knew something was wrong in 2004. We had just bought a house and I was busy fixing all the things that needed fixing before we moved in. We always put a lot of sweat equity into our homes, and I was on my knees screwing down squeaky subfloor and thinking, “This is a lot harder than the last time I did it.” I was having trouble keeping the screwdriver bit in the screw. Other little problems showed up as I worked on that house and I decided at that time that I had some sort of neurological disorder, but I wasn’t going to do anything about it until it got a little more serious. The symptoms were so subtle I didn’t think any doctor would take me seriously.

In 2005 I was building kitchen cabinets. My wife said it looked like I was going in slow motion. In 2008 I was building a teardrop trailer and again I moved in slow motion. By this time I I could no longer wiggle my toes and my left arm, when I would wake up in the morning, behaved like someone else was controlling it. I couldn’t get it to do what I wanted until I had been up for a few minutes. I struggled to put on gloves.

I started reading up on neuro disorders and by 2009 was convinced I had PD, but I had a bad shoulder that needed replacing and I was intent on getting that done before I got a PD diagnosis. I didn’t want to take a chance that I could not get the shoulder replaced due to some other problem. I had lived with that shoulder for 25 years and wasn’t taking no for an answer. When I came out of surgery with a total shoulder replacement I had a tremor in my right foot. I learned later that certain things, such as implanting metal in the body or serious trauma, cause a sudden increase in PD symptoms. By the end of 2011 I had my PD diagnosis and started on meds.

I don’t regret having the shoulder replaced, nor do I regret back surgery ten years later, but both of those events accelerated my PD symptoms dramatically. Getting the diagnosis was nothing because I already knew I had PD. I am fortunate to have good doctors and a supportive wife. They keep me going.

[Lori DePorter]

I have shared my journey. I am a former columnist. My column LIFE, LEMONS &LEMONADE is listed as an archived column. You can also find my story on my website http://www.Lorideporter.com.