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Eight years into his battle with Parkinson’s disease, Jim wasn’t doing well. The medications he was taking no longer kept the tremors at bay, and sometimes, while walking, he would freeze in place, unable to take another step. Jim could no longer mow his lawn, a task he had always enjoyed, and he no longer…
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After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2003, 46-year-old Dale Ankenman was determined not to let it keep him off his bike. Considering his long list of credentials, including former U.S. Navy Submariner, qualified ArmyRanger, scuba diver and parachutist, he wasn’t used to the idea of something he could not physically conquer. Despite being diagnosed…
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Imagine learning you have Parkinson’s Disease. At 26. Most Parkinson’s patients are diagnosed in their 60s. Yet in 1987, after three years of unexplained symptoms, Mike Pohl learned he had the degenerative disease. After a visit to the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, medication eased his symptoms. As is often the case, the drugs…
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