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This book, 'Incurable Optimists', may be the only book that will tell you what it is actually like to live with Parkinson's disease.
Written by people whose lives have been impacted by Parkinson's, these true tales are valuable examples of how one can live one's best possible life with this difficult condition. The tales are from those newly diagnosed and from others who have lived with Parkinson's for more than thirty years.
Michael McDonald, whose working life had been helping large companies solve complex problems, recognised the pressing need for this book during Zoom sessions with the Parkinson's group in Canterbury, UK.
The members of the group had all met previously at various therapy sessions, but they had never told their stories to each other or shared their personal challenges and solutions. As soon as they did, and word got around, many other helpful tales began arriving from all over the world.
Prepare to be inspired!
Contents
Foreword - Incurable Optimists 7
Prologue 11
The salesman's tale 13
The accountant's tale 16
The intrepid traveller's tale 22
The physiotherapist's tale 27
The specialist nurse's tale 33
A tribute to our best friends 38
The carer's tale 42
The mountaineer's tale 46
The headteacher's tale 49
The wife's tale 54
The writer's tale 62
The beauty therapist's tale 66
The systems analyst's tale 71
The historian's tale 77
The cartoonist's tale 86
The public health inspector's tale 88
Another carer's tale 91
The golfer's tale 93
The nurse's tale 95
The dance teacher's tale 102
The finance manager's tale 105
The librarian's tale 114
The editor's tale 119
The solicitor's tale 122
The red sports car driver's tale 126
The doctor's tale 130
A daughter's tale 132
The friend's tale 134
The tale of the person with Parkinson's, or is it Lewy Body Dementia? 138
A tale of diagnostics 141
A tale of diagnosis 150
The constipator's tale 151
Getting there in the end 156
The cruciverbalist's tale 158
Diagnostic quiz 163
Epilogue 169
Incurable Optimists - compiled by those who know. 171
