Living with Parkinson’s: A balancing act

I don’t like to admit it, but Parkinson’s affects pretty much every aspect of my day to day life. It affects my ability to carry out simple tasks such as writing and washing up, as well as my energy levels. Then there’s the fact that I have to take my meds every three hours. Like…

Pump up the volume – Training my Parkinson’s brain to think LOUD

I’ve always been fairly softly spoken. What I didn’t know before is that one of the many possible symptoms of Parkinson’s is a quieter voice, and this is something which has affected me. This year I’ve had speech therapy in the form of the ‘Lee Silverman Voice Treatment’ also called LSVT LOUD. This is an…