Liz Day thought texting in bed caused her shoulder pain. She was shocked to learn she has young onset Parkinson's disease, but offers hope to others.
was the cause. Six years later, Day recently ran the New York City Marathon and hopes to change the conversation around young onset Parkinson’s disease.
She visited a doctor who recommended an MRI scan and bloodwork. While everything came back normal, the doctor wanted to chat with her. “He said, ‘I couldn’t really say what it is. It doesn’t have the feel of idiopathic Parkinson’s. But that’s the only one it would be with the test results,’” she recalled. “He basically started to cry and was like, ‘You have a 9-year-old daughter and that’s a really terrible diagnosis and I don’t want to do it to you.’”“The doctor was almost joking about my symptoms, he’s like ‘Wow, you are really slow,’” she said.
“It’s not a cure-all, but it does wonders to help to manage symptoms, keeps people moving, which is really important, helps maintain muscle strength,” he told TODAY. “It’s a rising tide that raises all boats … helping people to live a better life.”
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