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Salome G.-I.

Salome G.-I. is a teacher by profession and married to Theo I.. Shortly after the birth of her second child, Salomé G.-I. learns of his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. She is glad that Theo I.'s disease is progressing slowly and that they can still pursue their activities together. After Theo I.'s Parkinson's symptoms became increasingly severe over the years, Salome G.-I. is very happy that her husband had deep brain stimulation performed. She considers the result a great success. Age at the time of diagnosis: 38

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Salome G.-I. sometimes finds it difficult to assess whether she should express concerns.

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And if you are still very active, like us, and you want to do different things and you do them, then there was the situation where I was alone with him and I thought, "OK, are we going to do this? But actually, he was able to decide a lot of things very well. For example, last year we were still in the 4000 and 5000 metre high mountains in Kyrgyzstan. We did a trekking tour and a mountain tour. Then I went with our friends to this 5000-metre mountain. He then returned with the mountain guide from 4500 metres because he realised, yes, now it's no longer possible. That means he was still able to judge what was possible and what was not. [...] But sometimes, as a partner, you always have to think about "what is it now?" or "should I say something or should I say nothing?

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Salome G.-I. is a teacher by profession and married to Theo I.. Shortly after the birth of her second child, Salomé G.-I. learns of his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. She is glad that Theo I.'s disease is progressing slowly and that they can still pursue their activities together. After Theo I.'s Parkinson's symptoms became increasingly severe over the years, Salome G.-I. is very happy that her husband had deep brain stimulation performed. She considers the result a great success. Age at the time of diagnosis: 38