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    Please don’t rush!: As long as my shuffling feet will carry me

    By Francis Madrid

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    When I heard the diagnosis Parkinson, I was not aware of its importance and needed some time until I understood the seriousness of the situation. I have been lucky that Parkinson has developed tentatively in me. Today I know that this disease had already been in me for 10 years at that time. The shoulder pain had been so severe and persistent that the orthopedist arranged a scintigraphy. Then he, unfortunately, made the wrong diagnosis and sent me away in good health with the advice to do more gymnastics. The increasing rigidity of my face »please smile more often« was one symptom, and the general slowdown of my actions, which I attributed to my calm and introverted mind, was another.
    Shortly before receiving my disability pension I talked to an elderly gentleman about my fear of the future and he said to me: »You are looking forward to golden times.«
    I asked him if he meant it ironically, but he was fully serious.
    Today I know that he was right, because I received seven years of working time as a gift. Time, I was able to spend with my dear wife. Time, I was allowed to use for my private targets.
    Parkinson was never my friend and it will never be, it annoys me too much for that, but I do owe one of the best times of my life to it.
    I have not resigned to the illness and I will not give up so fast. The struggle continues, hour by hour, day by day, as long as my shuffling feet will carry me.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks on Demand
    Release dateMar 31, 2016
    ISBN9783741217173
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    Please don’t rush!: As long as my shuffling feet will carry me
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    Francis Madrid

    Francisco Bräuer, born in 1943 as son of German parents in Madrid, Spain, lives in the Taunus near Frankfurt am Main since 1960. Parkinson, discovered in 1998, limited the opportunity of mobility with progressing course of the disease. Unavoidably, he searched for alternatives in order to create everyday life reasonably useful. His computer skills paid off here and he started to occupy himself with the internet. This way he learned about the possibility to publish books himself and he eagerly began to work with commitment making an old dream of his come true: The writing of short stories.

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