Kim

I always slept great being very active during the day and keeping a consistent sleep schedule for years. I’ve never had to use an alarm clock to wake up, for instance I just wake up. However, since my Parkinson’s diagnosis, it’s becoming harder to sleep through the night. I find myself sleeping five hours and then I wake up. I tried doing deep…[Read more]

Yes I would love to share my story. It’s a fairly new Parkinson’s journey as I was diagnosed in 12/20 at 56, but I feel like I am definitely not a typical case being female and a fitness instructor for close to 40 years. It is frustrating at times to say the least. When I am feeling good and able to do a lot, even my family will say (jokingly) “yo…[Read more]

For years before I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s I would get this sensation in my head like I was underwater— I guess it was kind of like a muffled sound it’s very hard to describe— it would not last long several minutes maybe—and I still get them.  I still do not know what it means and won’t even bother asking the doctor about. As I don’t get tr…[Read more]

The first thing I noticed about my speech was my voice would crack—I am a teacher so I read out loud a lot and my voice would crack with inflection. I also noticed that I was unable to sing without cracking. Once I was diagnosed (took 4 years) and began meds this got better. I talk pretty loudly at school but at home my husband will often ask me t…[Read more]