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Finding hope in the midst of despair: My decade with Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia
Author(s) -
Graboys Thomas B.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.25117
Subject(s) - parkinson's disease , lewy body , dementia , dementia with lewy bodies , degenerative disease , medicine , disease , psychology , neuroscience , central nervous system disease , psychiatry , pathology
Living for 10 years with Parkinson's disease (PD) and Lewy body dementia (LBD) author Thomas B. Graboys, MD recounts the various losses — physical, emotional, social and intellectual — that ultimately add up to a loss of self inflicted by these progressive neurological diseases. No longer able to practice medicine, engage in athletics, or engage fully with his extended family, soon to include 11 grandchildren, Graboys nevertheless writes that there is one aspect of self PD and LBD cannot steal: the soul. © 2012 Movement Disorder Society