Like a third of people with the disease,I hid my diagnosis. But trying to cover the symptoms only made them worse – and telling people has made life easierI was 48 when I was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s. It was 2007 and I was working full time as a geologist. Everything was going really well and I was aiming for a promotion. Already reeling from the diagnosis, the final thing I wanted was for Parkinson’s to interfere with my career or single me out as different – so I hid the disease like 37% of sufferers asked by Parkinson’s UK.
I have three daughters who were doing their exams at the time. I didn’t want to worry them, and my family and friends,so I kept it mute for the first two to three years. Looking back I was probably in denial about the whole thing.
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Source: theguardian.com