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‘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


'I hope this is the last WPD and next year Parkinson's will be obliterated'

12 April 2023
'I hope this is the last WPD and next year Parkinson's will be obliterated'

'I hope this is the last WPD and next year Parkinson's will be obliterated'

12 April 2023

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker on her preparations for World Parkinson's Day and the importance of raising awareness for the whole month


Parkinality: Raise Parkinson's awareness in your own bright and brilliant way

26 March 2023
Parkinality: Raise Parkinson's awareness in your own bright and brilliant way

Parkinality: Raise Parkinson's awareness in your own bright and brilliant way

26 March 2023

Get involved with World Parkinson's Day on Tuesday April 11 by lighting up buildings blue or getting creative with poetry


Parkinality: 'The solutions to some big problems after I left you hanging'

12 March 2023
Parkinality: 'The solutions to some big problems after I left you hanging'

Parkinality: 'The solutions to some big problems after I left you hanging'

12 March 2023

Julie Walker has tips on how to overcome the problems in everyday life caused by Parkinson's disease such as writing, dressing and brushing your teeth


'How Parkinson's disease impacts my make-up, teeth and ability to do DIY'

25 February 2023
'How Parkinson's disease impacts my make-up, teeth and ability to do DIY'

'How Parkinson's disease impacts my make-up, teeth and ability to do DIY'

25 February 2023

Columnist Julie Walker takes a few examples of things everyone takes for granted and explains how having Parkinson's disease makes them much harder


'Less like an elegant swan, more like mad giraffe in washing machine'

21 January 2023
'Less like an elegant swan, more like mad giraffe in washing machine'

'Less like an elegant swan, more like mad giraffe in washing machine'

21 January 2023

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker discusses the concerning development that resulted in further surgery following her deep brain stimulation op


Parkinality: 'Symptoms behaved on camera when we wanted to be at our worst'

08 January 2023
Parkinality: 'Symptoms behaved on camera when we wanted to be at our worst'

Parkinality: 'Symptoms behaved on camera when we wanted to be at our worst'

08 January 2023

Julie Walker has been helping with a Parkinson's UK educational film and has also joined the World Parkinson's Day organising committee


Parkinality: Speaking out to help researchers working on a cure

11 December 2022
Parkinality: Speaking out to help researchers working on a cure

Parkinality: Speaking out to help researchers working on a cure

11 December 2022

Indie columnist Julie Walker gave a talk to Alzheimer's Research UK Drug Discovery Alliance researchers about living with Parkinson's disease


The invisible friend who is helping me to do 'normal' things

31 October 2022
The invisible friend who is helping me to do 'normal' things

The invisible friend who is helping me to do 'normal' things

31 October 2022

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker on how living with Parkinson's disease is like being a rubbish undercover agent


Parkinality: The Wise-ish Man is strapped in for life in the fast lane

22 October 2022
Parkinality: The Wise-ish Man is strapped in for life in the fast lane

Parkinality: The Wise-ish Man is strapped in for life in the fast lane

22 October 2022

Columnist Julie Walker is having to keep up with her partner Andy Johnson after he got a new mobility scooter


Parkinality: Lifting the lid on the day my brain operative Lavinia got support

29 August 2022
Parkinality: Lifting the lid on the day my brain operative Lavinia got support

Parkinality: Lifting the lid on the day my brain operative Lavinia got support

29 August 2022

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker hopes being 'switched on' after brain operation will help her to do much more than just taking out the rubbish


Parkinality: Preparing for switch on after brain op with Head Fairy’s help

05 August 2022
Parkinality: Preparing for switch on after brain op with Head Fairy’s help

Parkinality: Preparing for switch on after brain op with Head Fairy’s help

05 August 2022

'I have a rechargeable handset which my consultant will connect by bluetooth to the battery pack under the skin on my chest and I will be switched on'


In and out of hospital for an eight-hour brain op in 33 hours

11 July 2022
In and out of hospital for an eight-hour brain op in 33 hours

In and out of hospital for an eight-hour brain op in 33 hours

11 July 2022

Parkinality columnist and Parkinson's disease sufferer Julie Walker on the brain surgery designed to improve her quality of life.


'Parkinson's diagnosis is like a concrete boulder being slung into peaceful stream'

03 July 2022
'Parkinson's diagnosis is like a concrete boulder being slung into peaceful stream'

'Parkinson's diagnosis is like a concrete boulder being slung into peaceful stream'

03 July 2022

The Indie's Parkinality columnist Julie Walker looks at the many different ways you can get help and support after a Parkinson's diagnosis


'I want to live in the Splendid Saturday of Bish Bash Land – with no sign of Janet'

06 June 2022
'I want to live in the Splendid Saturday of Bish Bash Land – with no sign of Janet'

'I want to live in the Splendid Saturday of Bish Bash Land – with no sign of Janet'

06 June 2022

Indie columnist Julie Walker, who writes about living with Parkinson's disease, reflects on her mixed Bish Bash experience...


'My brain operation has been postponed but my bag will remain packed'

05 June 2022
'My brain operation has been postponed but my bag will remain packed'

'My brain operation has been postponed but my bag will remain packed'

05 June 2022

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker on the postponement of her seven-hour brain operation using deep brain stimulation (DBS)


'How I cope with unwanted guest of Parkinson's when out and about'

29 April 2022
'How I cope with unwanted guest of Parkinson's when out and about'

'How I cope with unwanted guest of Parkinson's when out and about'

29 April 2022

The Indie's Parkinality columnist Julie Walker on the items and services that can make staying active and mobile with Parkinson's disease a bit easier


'Please keep your kind offers of help coming, but no piggy backs'

18 April 2022
'Please keep your kind offers of help coming, but no piggy backs'

'Please keep your kind offers of help coming, but no piggy backs'

18 April 2022

Parkinality correspondent Julie Walker creates a YouTube video as she marks - but definitely does not celebrate - her 10th Parkinson's Awareness Month


Covid with Parkinson's: A 'blue light' ambulance, lost voice and hospital fears

17 January 2022
Covid with Parkinson's: A 'blue light' ambulance, lost voice and hospital fears

Covid with Parkinson's: A 'blue light' ambulance, lost voice and hospital fears

17 January 2022

'I'd picked up some sign language phrases from Rose and Giovanni on Strictly, but I didn't think the sign for 'applause' would be useful in hospital'


'Attempts to get back to normal are not proving straightforward'

16 August 2021
'Attempts to get back to normal are not proving straightforward'

'Attempts to get back to normal are not proving straightforward'

16 August 2021

Parkinality columnist Julie Walker on coming to terms with the world post-lockdown


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