“Eighteen months ago my Movement Disorder Specialist (MDS), a Neurologist who specializes in treating Parkinson's Disease, gave me news that was necessary but entirely unwelcome.
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It went like this, "Mr. Griffin, you need to start physical therapy right away or you are absolutely going to wind up in a wheelchair." To which, I responded, "But Doctor, I don't like physical therapy."
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My physician was unmoved by my eloquence. "Mr. Griffin, no one like physical therapy. If you don't do something AND start doing it soon - you ARE facing a future in a wheelchair."To which I responded, "But I don't want to live in a wheelchair. Also, I feel like you aren't listening to me. Did you hear me say, I don't like physical therapy?"
The Doctor, someone I both like and whose professional expertise I respect and trust was, again, unmoved by the brilliance of my position. "Mr. Griffin," she began and y'all, I think I heard a note of near-exasperation in her voice as she said…”
