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Knowledge is Power: Reading Research on Parkinson's
Season 4 Episode 11
Kitty does not read much research. Emma devours it. Is there a happy medium? What is it Kitty is afraid of? Is Emma happier for reading the articles …
2 months ago
Johnny Powers Up! What is Deep Brain Stimulation Really Like?
Season 4 Episode 10
Johnny has just undergone Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery to combat his severe dykinesia and symptoms caused by Parkinson’s Disease.
Emma wants…
2 months, 1 week ago
Facing Futility: Is Fighting Parkinson’s Worth It.?
Season 4 Episode 9
What's the Point? It's all a moot argument, isn't it? Parkinson's will get you in the end, so why push back at all? We discuss how we deal with feeli…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Awkward Advice: Ordinary Life, A Podcast About Parkinson’s
Season 4 Episode 8
What do you do when people say, "have you tried...?" (insert product name) We talk about how to deal with the endless stream of unsolicited advice ab…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
In Surgery We Trust: Ordinary Life Special, Johnny Prepares for Deep Brain Stimulation
Season 4 Episode 7
We talk to Johnny Boyle of Auckland about life with Parkinson's, and his hopes for improvement as he prepares for Deep Brain Stimulation, major brain…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Ages and Stages, Coping with Parkinson’s Symptoms
Season 4 Episode 6
There's a huge range of different symptoms caused by Parkinsons, and Kitty and Emma talk about how they experience some and not others at different t…
3 months, 1 week ago
Feel the Fear
Season 4 Episode 5
We're feeling the fear and doing it anyway in this episode! Kitty and Emma talk about how scary it is to be disabled in public, and the various ways …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Perfect Planning
Season 4 Episode 4
Having a plan and knowing what's right and wrong is great, but who comes up with these great ideas that actually don't help at all? Kitty and Mike ta…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Whose Illness is This Anyway?
Season 4 Episode 3
Parkinson's is bad enough for those with the disease, but what about those around us? What impact does this have on our children, does it shape their…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Emma's Auckland Adventure
Season 4 Episode 2
Emma talks about her appointment at Auckland Hospital for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), an invasive yet effective treatment for the symptoms of Parki…
4 months ago