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Emma's Debrief on DBS - Parkinson's Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery
Season 4 Episode 28
What is it really like undergoing surgery on your brain? Emma tells all to Kitty, and answers the questions you are too scared to ask yourself.
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4 hours ago
Late Night Natters - Mike and Kitty talk Fears for Emma's DBS
Season 4 Episode 27
It's the eve of Emma's trip to Auckland for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery. Mike and Kitty talk about their hopes, worry about the best way to …
1 week, 1 day ago
A Date With DBS : Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's 's
Season 4 Episode 26
Our lives are thrown into dissary as Emma receives the call with a date for her DBS Surgery. It is exactly One week today. We record our feelings abo…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Parking Problems - A Podcast About Parkinson's
Season 4 Episode 25
Kitty gets her disability parking permit, and uses it! We talk about having an invisible disability, and how it seems to matter that we look like we …
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Pity Party - A Rant About Parkinson’s
Season 4 Episode 24
Kitty has a bit of an off day, so we indulge ourselves in a pity party. Sometimes we just want a day off from the weight of Parkinson's!
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Mike Drop - Emotions of a Sudden Cardiac Arrest Surviver
Season 4 Episode 23
Because truth is stranger than fiction Kitty's husband Mike has his own chronic condition, as a survivor of an out of hospital sudden cardiac arrest.…
1 month ago
Parkinson's Is Scary Stuff
Season 4 Episode 22
Kitty talks honestly with Emma about her grief, resentment and fears about Parkinson's.
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1 month, 2 weeks ago
DBS Dread
Season 4 Episode 21
Deep brain stimulation: the reality. Emma talks to Kitty about being approved for deep brain stimulation (DBS), her fears about undergoing brain surg…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Parkinson's: An Unwanted Bitter Pill
Season 4 Episode 20
Are you sick and tired (literally) of waiting for a cure for Parkinson's? We are too. We're also frustrated at the New Zealand health system's inabi…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Parkinson's Progression: How Our Lives Have Changed
Season 4 Episode 19
The impact of dealing with Parkinson's over many years - the trials and tribulations of progressing with Parkinson's - it wears on us from time to t…
2 months ago