episode summarY
In this episode, Heather Kennedy, a person with Parkinson’s who has been living with the diagnosis for 12 years discusses:
- Three articles she’s recently written called “Gifted”, “Poison for Breakfast”, and “Sweating it Out”
- Her journey with Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
- The difficulty of unpredictable ON and OFF times in Parkinson’s and how those times impact relationships
- How her views have changed since the initial days of her diagnosis
- The difficulty of discerning between symptoms that are due to Parkinson’s, medications, or something else entirely
- The burden of explaining Parkinson’s to those who don’t understand
- The importance of having compassion for people with Parkinson’s and nurturing that compassion in all areas of life
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Mentioned Links and Resources
- Heather’s articles:
- Gifted: www.worldpdcongress.org/home/2022/11/28/gifted-on-parkinsons-poison-and-perception
- Poison for Breakfast and Sweating it Out: https://www.kathleenkiddo.com/poisongift
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