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  # My PD Story

 

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##  Jeremy 

 

  My wife Hannah was becoming more immobilized and confused eight years after her Parkinson’s disease (PD) diagnosis. Balancing [medications](/living-with-parkinsons/treatment/prescription-medications "Prescription Medications") against side effects was becoming trickier. At the time, we lived in Australia and I found the Parkinson’s Foundation website by accident, but it became an invaluable source of information.

As Hannah's mental health worsened she moved from [hallucinations through delusions](/understanding-parkinsons/non-movement-symptoms/hallucinations-delusions "Hallucinations/Delusions") into outright paranoia, trusting no one and changing in character to a completely different person. I was well prepared for this by one of your educational books.

Nothing similar was available here and I downloaded your book on [Cognition](/library/audiobooks/cognition "Cognition: A Mind Guide to Parkinson's Disease"), which became a vital tool in caring for Hannah. It enabled me to understand what was happening and realize that it was the disease I was dealing with, not the Hannah I had known for over 60 years.

I am just so grateful for the advice and information in that book which enabled me to continue caring for my wife until she passed away last year.

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