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Getting to Know Parkinson’s Disease

  • The members of the Fayette County Parkinson’s Support Group enjoy visiting and being thought of as a club. Many of the members pictured were original members when the group was formed three years ago. Pictured are (L to R): Russell Hensel, Kathy Hensel, Charles Hebert, Sylvia Hebert, Larry Levien, Linda Levien, and Loren Rawlings, a counselor who has been working with the group for the past three months.
    The members of the Fayette County Parkinson’s Support Group enjoy visiting and being thought of as a club. Many of the members pictured were original members when the group was formed three years ago. Pictured are (L to R): Russell Hensel, Kathy Hensel, Charles Hebert, Sylvia Hebert, Larry Levien, Linda Levien, and Loren Rawlings, a counselor who has been working with the group for the past three months.
Imagine how you would feel if you began to have strange problems with your body - you have difficulty punching a number into a phone; your handwriting becomes sloppy and almost unreadable because it is so tiny; your friends say you do not smile very much anymore, and sometimes your facial expression is so frozen you look angry. Your legs reflect this and also seem frozen, as if taking a step is…

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