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Maurice F.

Maurice F. was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1997. In 2014/2015, he gave up his professional activity in the field of forest projects and forest surveys, which is not easy for him. At the time of the interview, he has been living with Parkinson's disease for twenty-three years. In 2010, he received the Duodopa® pump, the effect of which he has found to be positive. In 2019, he started Deep Brain Stimulation therapy, from which, at the time of the interview, he felt no improvement in symptoms. Age at the time of diagnosis: 49 Treatment: Duodopa® pump and deep brain stimulation

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Adapt the processes

Maurice F. has to adapt his usual routines and can no longer perform certain activities.

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I needed much more time in the morning. I was still able to do quite a lot in the forest until 2014. Forest surveys with plans, where the forest is separated according to age groups, on aerial photos, that is practically a control of the aerial photos. But I noticed with the last work, I had to sit down again and again, I was tired. And yes, then I realised that it wasn't going to be easy. But in everyday life, I had to get up early so I had enough time. Nothing ever worked under pressure, so working under pressure, I had to have time. Otherwise you get nervous and then you're done. And otherwise, I also had to go to bed earlier in everyday life. I can't work in the garden any more, I lost my strength, for example lifting stones and slabs. That was only possible with difficulty or not at all. And then with sport, that was over, after seventeen years, so to speak. After two years, that is, fifteen years ago, I had to stop, it was no longer possible.

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