I thought my Parkinson’s diagnosis was a death sentence –
I was so wrong!Instead Of Surrendering As The Disease Ruined My Physical And Mental Health… I Turned Everything Around To Be Healthier, Happier And More Energetic Than I Was BEFORE My Diagnosis!
I still have Parkinson’s Disease. My specialist told me I always will.
But I don’t suffer from the illness any more. And that’s the difference.
Despite everything medical that was going wrong for me then… my life is now back to normal.
Actually, a little better than normal.
I’m one of thousands who have transformed their health…. But I still feel blessed.
Let me tell you how this turnaround happened.
A shock diagnosis
I’d first gone to my doctor with concerns about – of all things – my balance.
My muscles had been feeling increasingly stiff and I’d been feeling unsteady on my feet for a long time.
When a friend noticed a slight shaking in my left arm I knew I had to see someone about it.
It took a number of mental and physical tests for specialists to confirm the worst. But once it was confirmed I went into a state of absolute shock.
The specialist spelt out the long-term possibilities for me.
But however much of a positive spin he tried to put on the diagnosis – it all ended in the same place: therapies, drugs, specialist care…
And the never-ending falling-apart that comes with a degenerative brain disease.
I was on a downward slope to goodness knows what.
Of course, now that I’m off that downward slope I feel very different about things.
But I admit that I went into a miserable slump. I really didn’t take in much of what they were telling me.
All I could see was a person old before their time, having to rely on others to help me perform even my most personal functions…
I had never thought about my life ending up like that.
For weeks I was just too upset to think or do anything.
An overnight change…
Then one morning I woke up and I felt completely different about it.
I was angry instead. I was filled with a sense of injustice. Why me? How did I come to deserve this?
I was furious.
I started to research Parkinson’s Disease like a person possessed.
And quickly discovered there’s a lot of information out there.
Too much in fact. Some of it quite complex. Some of it frustratingly contradictory.
And some of it is just plain wrong.
After three weeks of searching I stumbled – quite by accident – on something that was the turning point in my struggle with the disease. In fact, what I found out turned my health – and my life – completely around.
I’m going to tell you now what made the difference.
And it’s all based on why we get this horrible condition in the first place.
Why do we get this illness?
Parkinson’s Disease is a degenerative brain illness.
Why does our brain health start to degenerate?
It degenerates due to a loss of nerve cells in a part of the brain called the substantia nigra.
These nerve cells in the substantia nigra manufacture a neurotransmitter called dopamine. But as the nerve cells die off… less dopamine is created.
We need dopamine.
The loss of dopamine leads to the loss of body control… and leads to a whole cascade of other physical and mental symptoms that combine to steadily ruin a person’s life.
There’s a simple, well-understood trail from good health to Parkinson’s:
Nerve cells dying off in the substantia nigra > reduced dopamine production > Parkinson’s Disease
However, almost all modern-day medical treatments start at step 2 – reduced dopamine. We’re trying to increase dopamine.
Which sounds sensible at first. But the problem is that we’re tackling a disease that has already started.
And we’re not addressing it at the point of its underlying cause.
It’s like being in a sinking boat and constantly bailing out the water… instead of fixing the leak.
We can bail for so long. And then we sink.
The reason why most people eventually get so ill with this condition is because almost no treatments tackle step 1 – the dying of the substantia nigra cells.
Yet doesn’t it make sense to address the initial cause of this dreadful condition?
Of course it does.
I’ve learnt a lot about this disease..
And here’s the main thing I learnt – and then proved to myself:
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