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• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 8-12 years >> Sharon - Interview 31 >> Sharon has leant that she can speak better ‘on a laugh or a sing’. She sometimes worries that her voice problem is not caused by PD.

Forced by her Parkinsons symptoms to retire from a career she loved as a teacher Sharon turned things round by becoming a business woman creating the very successful Cake Bake Company.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> DBS >> Joe - Interview 32 >> Joe’s speech problem has changed since DBS. His speech therapist encourages him to make an effort to speak louder which he can if he is angry.

Joe developed Parkinson’s disease while in his 40’s. Deep Brain Stimulation when he was 60 produced a dramatic improvement in his symptoms.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 3-4 years >> Keith - Interview 14 >> Keith’s initial symptoms were put down to thyroid disease and he developed many more before an accurate diagnosis was reached.

Keith’s symptoms have progressed slowly since he was diagnosed in 2004. His symptoms are tremor in his left hand, slowness and fatique. He is currently taking Madopar.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 8-12 years >> Sharon - Interview 31 >> Sharon described the symptoms which gradually added up till she knew she had to look for a diagnosis.

Forced by her Parkinsons symptoms to retire from a career she loved as a teacher Sharon turned things round by becoming a business woman creating the very successful Cake Bake Company.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 5-7 years >> Brian - Interview 35 >> Brian accepts the logic of voice training but finds it hard to keep thinking about it when he talks.

Diagnosed 14 years ago Brian was on Madopar for 3 years, When Pergolide was added it affected his heart which had been damaged in childhood from Rheumatic fever. He is now on Apomorphine, delivered by a pump into his abdominal wall.