Parkinson's Disease and Me.(Brief Article)

Writing about Parkinson's disease is a very challenging task. There is much that is difficult to explain about this disease process--how it feels, for example, when my movements are hypokinetic. There is stiffness, and I often find myself telling people that I feel more like the Tin Woodsman than the Scarecrow from "The Wizard of Oz."

My medication is as helpful as the oil Dorothy used with the Tin Woodsman so that he could move and speak. My oil, pharmacological treatment, temporarily increases the level of dopamine that is reduced by Parkinson's. Unfortunately, the ...

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