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The Day I Met Parkinson’s – Warwick Lloyd

One would think a heading like that was in reference to meeting a friend, Yet as you’ll learn Parkinson’s is anything but.

What I was in for was a hell of a ride with a bastard condition which steals the marrow from your bones.

In 2016 I headed to the Office, yes we had Office’s back then as opposed to mainly work from home today, it was like any other day full of meetings, punctuated with lunch el-descko and a medical appointment with a neurologist at the end of the day.

I was asked to have an MRI scan ahead of the appointment so we could talk specifics. Leading up to this most mornings I awoke with my whole body shaking and it wasn’t voluntary. So I was keen to get some advice.

The neurologist placed the scans on a lightbox and stated I’d had a series of ministrokes which were related to a much wider condition known as Parkinson’s.

Well my whole world came crashing down and at that point and my mind turned to thinking the worst. Would this shorten my lifespan, would the tremors get worse would a cure be created in my time on earth. Thoughts were racing ahead. The neurologist added as movement disorder was not his specialty, and I was to be referred to a Parkie expert.

On the tram back to the Office I must have looked very pail as the other passengers gave me a wide berth.

Fast forward 9 years and post a successful operation called Deep Brain Stimulation or DBS for short where electronic wires touch trigger points on your brain, Parkinson’s and I are coexisting, there are good and bad days.

There is a saying “thereby the Grace of God go I” as compared to many others with health issues, I’m not complaining.

Warwick Lloyd – Jun 2026