PD AND ME: Maureen

  • June 8, 2018
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This is what Maureen has to say about #PDANDME: Thank you for the opportunity to tell my story. I was diagnosed just before my 50th birthday in 2007. My initial symptoms were atypical, with a very rapid onset of mental slowness and a feeling of unease that I literally just woke-up with one morning in July of 2006. I had been a teacher for 14 years and that September, as school started, it was cl...more

PD AND ME: Bill

  • June 6, 2018
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This is what Bill has to say about #PDANDME: Four and a half years ago I received a message from the neurologist that I did not want to hear: “You have Parkinson’s Disease!” I was told that there was no cure and no way of reversing the diagnosis. All I could do was manage the symptoms. A friend with Parkinson’s disease (PD) told me of Parkinson Society BC (PSBC) and I looked up their website. Th...more

Full Throttle's Jim Smerdon discusses YOPD & Motorcycles

  • May 8, 2018
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  Jim Smerdon, left, pictured with his brother, Patrick.  You might recognize Jim Smerdon from Parkinson Society BC’s (PSBC) 2016 Awareness Campaign, This is Parkinson’s disease. If you have been to Parkinson SuperWalk in Vancouver, you might remember his family’s team, Show me the Smerdons, which was consistently one of the top fundraising teams. Needless to say, Jim, his family and friends, ha...more

PD AND ME: Renice

A poem by Renice Townsend April, 2018...more

Angela Wensley talks about her experiences with Parkinson's disease

Angela talks about treatment options that have worked for her....more

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