Today I have the pleasure of speaking with my great South African friend, Larry Linton, someone I’ve worked with and known throughout my career and also who has suffered from Parkinson’s Disease. The typical diagnosis age for PD is 65 years old, but Larry was diagnosed at 49 and explains what he experiences, and then how he has approached this disease with life. Coming to accept the disease instead of trying to hide it has helped him feel much more free and we discuss how his positivity and sense of humor has sustained him throughout this journey. Some advice Larry likes to give people is not to wait for a diagnosis before living your life. Everybody should live their life like they just received bad news.

A little bit about Larry’s journey 3:56Handling Parkinson’s Disease with work and family 10:52Approaching the disease in a positive light 15:15What he would do if money wasn’t every an issue 21:30Medication 29:51Stats and information on PD 31:25How his role as a father changed 34:27How you should handle hardship 37:58What Larry would like people to say about him at the end of his life 42:42Learn more about Larry 45:27

“As soon as I was in a good position where my symptoms were under control, where I could function, and maintain my job, was at the time that I started talking about it. And when I started talking about it my thought process became a lot more positive. I was no longer living in denial. I could live with the condition and my career progressed.” 11:58

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