SURVIVING ADVERSITY:
living with Parkinson's disease
Surviving Adversity - living with Parkinson's disease contains 28 profiles of individuals who share their inspiring stories of how they have adjusted to Parkinson’s disease. This book will provide readers with perspective and hope. Interviewees' ages range from 29 to 95.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One - Davis Phinney
“Every victory counts!”
Chapter Two - Pat Hull
“I’m sorry, I keep getting so distracted by all of your arms and legs that I forget to watch you walk.”
Chapter Three - Knowlton Nash
“Life is an ongoing mystery. What happens, will happen.”
Chapter Four - John Ball
“Never again!”
Chapter Five - Janet Sinke
“You only get one shot at today.”
Chapter Six - Raul Yzaguirre
“Parkinson’s presents an opportunity to reflect on my life and to appreciate it more.”
Chapter Seven - Louise Whitney
“There are places a person with Parkinson’s shouldn’t be and this is definitely one of them.”
Chapter Eight - Bill Commans
“My philosophy has always been the same––push the envelope.”
Chapter Nine - Chris Olsen
“I started to panic, thinking I was having a heart attack.”
Chapter Ten - Irv Popkin
“It felt like I had won both an Academy Award and also scored the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl.”
Chapter Eleven - Margaret Hansell
“Boy, if you have to have a disease, you sure have an interesting one!”
Chapter Twelve - Steve Bohannon
“If we do not feel like it, we are going to do it anyway!”
Chapter Thirteen - Shelby Hayter
“26 miles for Boston––one cure for Parkinson’s.”
Chapter Fourteen - John Thomas
“My wife put the needle into my arm and gave me a shot. In about five minutes I got out of the wheelchair.”
Chapter Fifteen - Linda Cooper
“Your history doesn’t have to be your destiny.”
Chapter Sixteen - Dr. David Heydrick
“I think I have what you have.”
Chapter Seventeen - Patty Meehan
“Don’t go through it alone.”
Chapter Eighteen - Nick Kaethler
“I was not beating as many kids at ping-pong and my singing voice was slipping a bit.”
Chapter Nineteen - Tom O’Donnell
“If you were 35 years or older, I would swear that you have Parkinson’s disease.”
Chapter Twenty - Cherie Zaun
“You’re nuts. I’m an athlete. I don’t have Parkinson’s!”
Chapter Twenty-One - Carroll Neesemann
“Don’t quit your job because you are self-conscious about having Parkinson’s.”
Chapter Twenty-Two - Patricia Sherrick
“I am not going to alter my life and stop doing things that I like to do just because I have Parkinson’s.”
Chapter Twenty-Three - Ian Pearson
“I was pulled along through the brush with my legs churning like an eggbeater trying to keep up to him.”
Chapter Twenty-Four - Magda Schijff
“I could finally beat my husband to the newspaper.”
Chapter Twenty-Five - John Surratt
“Parkinson’s makes people become more resourceful.”
Chapter Twenty-Six - Robbie Tucker
“How many times can you visit the doctor and leave with Tylenol?”
Chapter Twenty-Seven - Janet Reno
“I resolved never to ‘just stand by’.”
Chapter Twenty-Eight - Bill Barnewitz
“Parkinson’s was a wake-up call telling me to make the absolute most out of my time.”
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