Last week I met a fascinating group of committed individuals working together to address their future relationship with Parkinson’s Disease (PD): powerful people with Parkinson’s (PwP) raising money, organizing really relevant information meetings for PwP; loving partners of people with Parkinson’s learning more about how to support them; and talented scientists breaking down the barriers to understanding how this disease works.
My Parkinson's
My Parkinson's is where our ordinary members can publish their own personal stories relating to their own experiences with Parkinson's and how it affects their lives.
The following experience happened to a participant (Anonymous) of the first event in 2019. Thanks for letting us know what additional obstacles had to be dealt with by a person with Parkinson’s.
For the recent meeting of DRIG in Dundee I chose to travel by train from Glasgow; a journey of about 90 minutes, followed, as this was my first visit, by a short taxi ride to the Life Sciences Building.
You might wonder why bother to write about the journey. Read on !!