Thanks for your reply. 🙂 I'm looking forward to sharing my story. This has been long 2 year struggle to get to a diagnosis. I live in Los Angeles, Ca. It started in 2014 with a horrible bout of vertigo which left me disabled for 6 weeks. I lost my balance and hearing in right ear. During that year, I was going back and forth to my primary with concerns about stiffness, pain in joints, loss of motivation, depression and fatigue. Saw ENT also for hearing loss which took about a year to return to about 80-90%. But, I never really regained my balance. Took Yoga classes and went to PT for balance exercises. Other symptoms started to appear in 2015. Slight left hand tremor in certain positions, hoarseness that my primary kept attributing to post-nasal drip, dragging of left side when walking, constipation, persistent fatigue, slurring of speech and loss of the ability to multitask which I was always good at. After seeing a lot of specialists and testing, I finally saw the neurologist who diagnosed me in Jan., 2016. I am still working but have a commute that will probably force me to retire. I have told my employer and some co-workers. I am on FMLA to hopefully protect my job until I am forced to exit. It seems as though they would rather that I just resign. I am beginning to get passed over for assignments. 🙁 I am fine for now, but unsure of the rate that my symptoms with progress. Trying to work another year or so. I have a wonderful partner for whom I have been with for 15 years and live with. He also has some health issues but we have managed to maintain loving relationship and help each other with life's challenges. He has been very supportive! Our future is uncertain as to whether one or other of us will need constant care. We are taking it a day at a time. My children are 25-34 years of age and live close by and are thriving in careers. My partner has 2 daughters who are 27 and 33, not so close. I have one grandchild age 2. I am currently researching fitness classes that will work with my hectic schedule and support groups for newly diagnosed PD patients who are not necessarily in the latter stages of the disease. I also will be starting Speech Therapy in a few days. Thank you for listening and caring.

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