Parkinson's disease

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In this section you can find out about the experience of Parkinson’s disease by seeing and hearing people share their personal stories on film. Researchers travelled all around the UK to talk to 40 people in their own homes. Find out what people said about issues such as symptoms, diagnosis and impact on work and family. We hope you find the information helpful and reassuring.

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David: Another thing that I remembered was where I worked I’d got this nickname of shuffler, and I really didn't know why.

Kevin: And I was sitting round the swimming pool in a hotel, and a young student doctor came up to me and out of the blue, he said to me, ‘I've been watching you I think you've got Parkinson's disease’.

Ruth: He just said, you've got Parkinson's disease, but you won't die with it.

Karen: And I am on antidepressants and have been for a while to help me cope with, not only the disease, but just general living with the disease.

Tom: There's nothing I can -, nothing I hate more than the than thought of someone pitying me.

This section is from research by the University of Oxford.

Supported by:
NHS Service Delivery and Organisation Research and Development Programme

Publication date: December 2008
Last updated: May 2017