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Roswitha S.

Roswitha S. notices from small changes that something has changed in her, but cannot interpret the symptoms. In 2004, she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and started a square dance class with her husband shortly afterwards. She finds the dancing extremely helpful in relation to the Parkinson's disease. At the time of the interview, she had been living with the disease for sixteen years. In 2017, she started Deep Brain Stimulation therapy. In the time before treatment, she was very unwell and sees Deep Brain Stimulation as a last resort. At the time of the interview, the surgery was seven years ago. Even before receiving the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, Roswitha S. had quit her job as a biology teacher. Age at the time of diagnosis: 52 Treatment: Deep brain stimulation

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Hope it does not get worse

Corinne L. hopes that the symptoms will stay away from her daughter-in-law for a long time.

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So, the first time I was very happy that she could still work so well, and you didn't feel so much yet. She was also not so changed. For a long time, I actually had the feeling that she was still doing quite well. But she was still so young. Yes, and I just hoped it would go on for a long time. But unfortunately, unfortunately... Of course, it wasn't beneficial either, her mother was only getting worse. She was also at home a lot with her parents in B [place]. And when you know yourself, "I have the disease", and see how a person suffers, that is also not beneficial.

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Roswitha S. notices from small changes that something has changed in her, but cannot interpret the symptoms. In 2004, she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and started a square dance class with her husband shortly afterwards. She finds the dancing extremely helpful in relation to the Parkinson's disease. At the time of the interview, she had been living with the disease for sixteen years. In 2017, she started Deep Brain Stimulation therapy. In the time before treatment, she was very unwell and sees Deep Brain Stimulation as a last resort. At the time of the interview, the surgery was seven years ago. Even before receiving the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, Roswitha S. had quit her job as a biology teacher. Age at the time of diagnosis: 52 Treatment: Deep brain stimulation

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