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- Are you living with Parkinson’s disease?
- Are you a caregiver of someone living with Parkinson’s disease?
- Are you a loved one of someone living with Parkinson’s disease?
If the answer is yes, you have a story to tell.
By: Javier Ramirez
When I first found out that I had Young Onset Parkinson’s I didn’t have the words to explain it to my family. I told my wife but not my children, parents, or siblings.
My initial reaction to the diagnosis was disbelief. I was not even 45-years-old and was enjoying a full life including a busy work schedule, playing soccer with the...
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By: Rich Clifford
It was just past midnight on March 14, 1996. I began the day strapped into the crew compartment of a space shuttle headed for orbit. I was minutes away from the launch of shuttle mission STS-76, and I could hear the voice of launch control counting off the seconds until finally I heard, “3, 2, 1 and liftoff of the shuttle Atlantis on a...
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