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When life gave Larry Gifford Parkinson’s disease, he made a podcast. When Life Gives You Parkinson’s, is back for a second season. This season, Gifford and co-host Niki Reitmayer discuss what Gifford’s life is like now, two years into his diagnosis.
Gifford’s wife, Rebecca, is also prominently featured each week offering the caregiver perspective and allowing listeners to eavesdrop on intimate conversations, like how Larry’s personality is changing and the realization that it’s time for separate beds. Guests share their personal journeys and how faith, comedy and perseverance play a key role in their ability to process and cope. As always, the team will also explore diet, exercise and alternative treatments.
Gifford, only 45 years old at the time, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in August 2017 after a prolonged period of unexplained symptoms and tests with no answers. In sharing his diagnosis publicly, he discovered that, despite how far-reaching the effects of Parkinson’s disease are, there were few resources that took a human-centered approach.
Gifford, who is also the National Director of Talk Radio at Corus Entertainment said going into the first season he wasn’t sure what to expect. “Although a deeply personal subject, I recognized that the Parkinson’s journey – as experienced by patients and their caregivers – are stories that needed to be shared to raise awareness and to connect with the global Parkinson’s community. While the podcast is rooted in my family’s story, it has given voice to dozens of others,” said Larry Gifford, Host of When Life Gives You Parkinson’s and National Director of Talk Radio at Corus Entertainment. “We have been amazed and humbled by the response internationally, and look forward to working with our three great partners to further awareness, drive funding for research and ultimately contribute towards finding a way to halt the disease.”
Comments:
Like Larry, I too have Parkinson’s. I was 64 at the time and am now in my tenth year of living with the disease and life is not bad. symptoms are controlled by medicine. I was determined to fight the disease with exercise and so far, so good. I started a blog to let people follow my journey and was surprised at the flood of pageviews I received from all over the world. Viewership is down but my pageviews have exceed107,000 and average between 500 to 1000 each month. It can be found at wpgchap.blogspot,.ca