Gary Boyle reflects on the past 15 years since his Parkinson's diagnosis, sharing his initial feelings of hopelessness and fear, followed by a journey of coping through medication, exercise, and finding humor in the everyday challenges.
I’ll never forget the day I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. I’ll never forget that feeling of utter hopelessness
My life has changed in so many ways – not all bad – but the fear of the future gripped Joan and myself that fateful day and the tears flowed for many, many hours.‘Honestly, really disappointing’: Graduating Trinity College students dismayed at Campanile being off limitsMy ability to rationalise the world around me took a hammering.
There are many ways to deal with Parkinson’s and I’m so grateful to be in a position to try as many of these things as possible I ignored my neurological condition for as long as I could, but the deteriorating nature of this particular beast led me eventually to a crossroads – continue on a path that is ultimately going to end sooner rather than later, or try fighting back. The experience of exercise said to me that I needed to do more. At this point, roughly 2014, my appearance had visibly changed. I was beginning to look and walk like that 74-year-old man I first feared becoming back on the day of diagnosis.
In many ways, I feel very lucky despite the monster in my head trying to get at more and more of my brain. There is no cure for Parkinson’s, and I’m certainly not holding out for a cure any time soon.
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