Life with Parkinson’s disease (PD) comes with a vast range of emotions, wherever you are in your disease journey. Shock, grief, optimism, fear, denial, hope, humor and more can all be a part of the emotional landscape for people living with the disease and their loved ones. Tune into audio from this special edition Third Thursdays Webinar to listen to our panel of experts have a frank and deep conversation about how they’ve navigated their feelings over the years, how they’ve managed challenging emotions and what lifts them up and brings them hope. If you’d rather listen on the go, subscribe to The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Parkinson’s Podcast on iTunes or your preferred podcast app. If you enjoyed what you heard, share it with a friend or leave a review! It helps listeners like you find and support our mission.
In this episode, Soania Mathur, MD, retired family physician, who was diagnosed with early-onset PD in 1999, speaks with:
- Fiona Davis, a bestselling author who was diagnosed with PD in 2020.
- Jim Hurtsellers, a Marine veteran who was diagnosed with PD in 2020.
- Yvonne Jackson, a business executive who was diagnosed with PD in 2014.
- Laura Marsh, MD, a geriatric psychiatrist and a professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and is the executive director of the Mental Health Service at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
- Bret Parker, JD, an attorney who was diagnosed with early-onset PD in 2007.
View a transcript of this podcast.
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