My Story

Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease

-Todd Murfitt

Too much coffee?

It began with a tremor that visited so briefly and has not yet returned. The taste of my third cup of coffee was beginning to go stale at the back of my throat, reminding me both that my children were waiting and, of course, to fetch a mint on my way out.  Before the keyboard …

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Was that a Mack truck?

“Did you get the license plate, Honey?”…”Of what?”…”The semi that hit me!”

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A tip of the hat – to women

Thank you to all the women in my life that demonstrate; wisdom, courage, strength, love and beauty on many levels.

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How to swing a world upside-down…

The appointment that could not be put off any longer. Flaming ball of hope? or ginger mopped head in hands?

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Luck or Grace? Act 1

A fortunate cancellation

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Alien Abduction

The birth of a lab rat.

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Add Dementia to the list…

A pre-dbs visit to the Neuropsychologist…

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A light in the darkness

Sometimes it seems safer to switch the torch off!

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Summer 2017

Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying “I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Ann Radmacher

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Winter 2017

Post Diagnosis

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  1. Dee

    Hi.good luck with the surgery. I am also getting ready for the surgery.I have just finished all the tests,and just waiting for a date. I am 50 but was diagnosed 6 years ago.so understand some of the challenges.

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