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This is a very good read.  Of the many good pieces of advice the one that sticks in my mind from the early days is:

Your imagination about PD and its consequences is far worse than living with it

I read this statement less than a week after diagnosis and hoped it was true.  In my view, it is.

Some said it a miracle drug; others called it the cure. A drug known simply as "GDNF" seemed to do the impossible by actually reversing the effects of Parkinson's disease. The miracle ended in the fall of 2004 when Amgen Inc. abruptly halted clinical trials of GDNF and denied access to the drug. In "Monkeys in the Middle", investigative reporter Nick Nelson recounts the true story of the brave patients who took on the world's biggest biotechnology company for the right to be kept alive.

Sunday Times
'An enthralling story, told with verve and dexterity'

Heat
‘Well-written and insightful... a rare, unmissable memoir'

From the Foreword by Philip Green, Chairman of BHS
"He’s a great guy. He’s the unsung hero of clothing – a quiet, very honest, genuine man."

The Sunday Telegraph
"David was plainly a great and inspirational CEO who created a phenomenal growth story."

 

Tom Isaacs extremely motivational book describing his journey around the coastine of Great Britain.

 

 

'Shadow over my brain' is an inspirational account of one man's life with Parkinson's, his 20 year search for 'a cure' - and the treatments he tried along the way, including the controversial foetal cell brain transplant.

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