Tomorrow is World Parkinson’s Day which is intended to raise awareness of Parkinson's disease and to spur new research and advances in treatment. It should be a day for Parkinson’s patients and their families to join forces, and bring society’s attention to a disease that is unfortunately growing in numbers yearly of patients diagnosed. Millions of people around the world struggle with this disease and are desperately waiting for a cure to be found. I am in the unusual position of having two incurable diseases, Gaucher and Parkinson, and regret that a cure for both may be some way off yet. In the meantime I am determined to remain hopeful and in good spirits, doing the best I can. The last poem in my book begins with these lines:
“Let me tell you, what I’ve planned for tomorrow,
What time I have left, won’t be spent in sorrow,
I’ll live life large as I can, the very best way,
Grab every moment, express joy each day.”
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