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Saturday 23 April 2016
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An electrician’s wife who
described her onset of Parkinson's Disease as feeling like she was
“short-circuiting” is speaking out to raise awareness of the condition.
Carol King, pictured, of Ingoldmells, is urging other sufferers
to sign up to a charity service as part of Parkinson’s Awareness Week this
week. In 2001 Carol was sole carer for her late husband Jim who had been
battling cancer. But it wasn’t until his death later that year she noticed
something was amiss with her own health.
“I told the GP my husband had been an electrician and I thought
I was short-circuiting, as this was the only way I could describe it,” she said.
After being diagnosed with the early onset of Parkinson’s, Carol
was put on medication. If she does not take her tablets at the right time she
suffers nausea and severe joint stiffness.
“I worried what would happen if I was in an accident, and if anyone
would know I have Parkinson’s and take medication,” she said.
It was during a visit to her local support group in Skegness,
where she now volunteers, that Carol found out about the charity MedicAlert and
quickly joined. She now wears a MedicAlert bracelet toring her medical
information, which gives her peace of mind by s.
http://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/news/local/raising-awareness-of-parkinson-s-disease-1-7342838
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