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What about ‘I had a pork pie and now I can’t walk?’

27 December 2024
What about ‘I had a pork pie and now I can’t walk?’

What about ‘I had a pork pie and now I can’t walk?’

27 December 2024

Julie Walker has, disappointingly, made it to a century of Parkinality columns as she still waits impatiently for ‘anyone’ to find a Parkinson’s cure


Parkinality column 99: No Flake required, just some dopamine please

30 November 2024
Parkinality column 99: No Flake required, just some dopamine please

Parkinality column 99: No Flake required, just some dopamine please

30 November 2024

One shy of a century of Indie columns, Julie Walker talks about her continual quest to find dopamine as she lives with Parkinson’s disease in her 50s


Bleeding, bruised and bandaged: The fall and rise of The Wise(ish) Man

25 October 2024
Bleeding, bruised and bandaged: The fall and rise of The Wise(ish) Man

Bleeding, bruised and bandaged: The fall and rise of The Wise(ish) Man

25 October 2024

Parkinality: Bishop’s Stortford’s Julie Walker, 56, writes for the Indie about living with Parkinson’s disease.


‘Don’t fear blank pages – they won’t chase you down the aisles in Aldi’

12 October 2024
‘Don’t fear blank pages – they won’t chase you down the aisles in Aldi’

‘Don’t fear blank pages – they won’t chase you down the aisles in Aldi’

12 October 2024

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker on how finding her creative side has helped as she lives with Parkinson’s disease


‘The three words I don’t think I’ve said before – I. Am. Struggling’

04 September 2024
‘The three words I don’t think I’ve said before – I. Am. Struggling’

‘The three words I don’t think I’ve said before – I. Am. Struggling’

04 September 2024

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker on why acceptance is so hard to crack when it comes to living with a long-term illness like Parkinson’s disease


“I am not trying to hide Parkinson’s, but I would love to be ‘normal’”

12 June 2024
“I am not trying to hide Parkinson’s, but I would love to be ‘normal’”

“I am not trying to hide Parkinson’s, but I would love to be ‘normal’”

12 June 2024

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker on being her own boss and the unpredictable power battle she is having with Parkinson’s disease


‘We’re nocturnal creatures – but we don’t let the sun go down on us’

26 May 2024
‘We’re nocturnal creatures – but we don’t let the sun go down on us’

‘We’re nocturnal creatures – but we don’t let the sun go down on us’

26 May 2024

Each morning we wake not knowing what the day will bring – and living with Parkinson’s is no different, says Parkinality columnist Julie Walker.


‘The money is great, but just as important was the awareness raised’

17 April 2024
‘The money is great, but just as important was the awareness raised’

‘The money is great, but just as important was the awareness raised’

17 April 2024

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker was delighted with how her Party for Parkinson’s went at The Belgian Brewer in Bishop’s Stortford


Parkinality: ‘I can do without pavement problems when living with perambulation pixie’

13 March 2024
Parkinality: ‘I can do without pavement problems when living with perambulation pixie’

Parkinality: ‘I can do without pavement problems when living with perambulation pixie’

13 March 2024

Columnist Julie Walker on how unexpected obstacles can turn walking along pavements into Krypton Factor-style challenges for people with Parkinson’s


Party for Parkinson’s – to raise awareness, funds and the roof

23 February 2024
Party for Parkinson’s – to raise awareness, funds and the roof

Party for Parkinson’s – to raise awareness, funds and the roof

23 February 2024

April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month – and there’s a party at the Belgian Brewer in Bishop’s Stortford on Saturday the 6th.


‘I wouldn’t be an award winner without the Wise(ish) Man by my side’

14 February 2024
‘I wouldn’t be an award winner without the Wise(ish) Man by my side’

‘I wouldn’t be an award winner without the Wise(ish) Man by my side’

14 February 2024

Julie Walker talks about the amount of support she gets from her partner, the Wise(ish) Man, and their plans for a musical and a fundraising concert


‘Parkinson’s robbed me of my sense of smell, otherwise I might have smelt a rat’

03 February 2024
‘Parkinson’s robbed me of my sense of smell, otherwise I might have smelt a rat’

‘Parkinson’s robbed me of my sense of smell, otherwise I might have smelt a rat’

03 February 2024

Our Parkinality columnist Julie Walker on her Person of Courage success at the Indies Community Awards 2023.


Five years after giving up my licence, I’m asked to do a ‘drink-drive test’

17 December 2023
Five years after giving up my licence, I’m asked to do a ‘drink-drive test’

Five years after giving up my licence, I’m asked to do a ‘drink-drive test’

17 December 2023

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker makes another unmedicated trip to hospital, this time to gauge the success of her deep brain stimulation surgery.


Parkinality: ‘I’d love to add cure to my list of Parkinson’s C words’

27 October 2023
Parkinality: ‘I’d love to add cure to my list of Parkinson’s C words’

Parkinality: ‘I’d love to add cure to my list of Parkinson’s C words’

27 October 2023

Julie Walker on her experience getting drugs on the NHS to treat Covid symptoms and benefits of the East Herts and Broxbourne Community Cars scheme


‘I wish it was game, set and match to me against Parkinson’s disease’

12 October 2023
‘I wish it was game, set and match to me against Parkinson’s disease’

‘I wish it was game, set and match to me against Parkinson’s disease’

12 October 2023

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker is back on court thanks to free lessons for people with Parkinson’s disease at Bishop’s Stortford Lawn Tennis Club


The bumpy road ahead after my brain surgery ‘replay’

10 September 2023
The bumpy road ahead after my brain surgery ‘replay’

The bumpy road ahead after my brain surgery ‘replay’

10 September 2023

Indie columnist Julie Walker on having to undergo a second bout of deep brain stimulation surgery after an electrode in her brain strayed.


Parkinality: ‘Racecourse wins and Wembley Stadium loses when it comes to accessibility’

09 August 2023
Parkinality: ‘Racecourse wins and Wembley Stadium loses when it comes to accessibility’

Parkinality: ‘Racecourse wins and Wembley Stadium loses when it comes to accessibility’

09 August 2023

Julie Walker, who has Parkinson’s disease, compares her experiences on recent trips to Wembley Stadium to see Harry Styles and to Chelmsford races


‘Just when I’m asked to be charity spokesperson, my voice starts to weaken’

22 July 2023
‘Just when I’m asked to be charity spokesperson, my voice starts to weaken’

‘Just when I’m asked to be charity spokesperson, my voice starts to weaken’

22 July 2023

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker on her new role as a spokesperson for the charity Cure Parkinson’s “Change the Future” campaign


Parkinality writer Julie in a Swirl after launching range of sarongs and bags

26 May 2023
Parkinality writer Julie in a Swirl after launching range of sarongs and bags

Parkinality writer Julie in a Swirl after launching range of sarongs and bags

26 May 2023

Indie columnist Julie Walker has designed her own accessories range and is selling them at upcoming markets in Bishop’s Stortford as well as online


‘I’m hoping World Parkinson’s Day is replaced with International Jelly Balancing Day’

13 May 2023
‘I’m hoping World Parkinson’s Day is replaced with International Jelly Balancing Day’

‘I’m hoping World Parkinson’s Day is replaced with International Jelly Balancing Day’

13 May 2023

The Indie’s Parkinality columnist Julie Walker on why she hopes April’s World Parkinson’s Day was the last


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