Each person living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) will have a unique journey with their treatments, including the decision to have deep brain stimulation (DBS), which is a surgical procedure to treat Parkinson’s motor symptoms. While DBS isn’t suitable for everyone, it can be helpful in the right person, and it’s a complex, lifelong choice. And although the experience goes far beyond surgery day, brain surgery often looms large in people’s minds as they are contemplating DBS. In this episode, our expert panelists tackle community-sourced questions on DBS surgery day: what to wear, how loved ones can support, what it feels like to be awake during brain surgery and more. Tune in to hear from two people who have had DBS, a neurosurgeon and a movement disorder specialist and learn more about the realities of surgery day.

For more information on deep brain stimulation, download our newly updated, comprehensive guide or check out our webinar at michaeljfox.org.

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The Foundation’s landmark study, the Parkinson’s Progression Marker’s Initiative, also known as PPMI, is recruiting volunteers. People from all backgrounds with and without Parkinson’s can help move research forward. Join the study that’s changing everything at michaeljfox.org/podcast-ppmi.

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This Giving Tuesday, December 3, you can help us sustain and grow the momentum in Parkinson’s research. All donations will be matched up to $4 million, which means your impact will be doubled. Visit michaeljfox.org/match2024 to help us accelerate research and be part of the cure.

Troubles with gait – slow walking, shuffling steps and foot dragging and more – can be symptoms of Parkinson’s. In audio from this Third Thursdays Webinar, our experts explore the robust research efforts underway to understand and treat gait issues, from physical rehab interventions to deep brain stimulation modifications to wearable robots designed to smooth gait.

Like our podcasts? Please consider leaving a rating or review and sharing the series with your community. https://apple.co/3p02Jw0

The Foundation’s landmark study, the Parkinson’s Progression Marker’s Initiative, also known as PPMI, is recruiting volunteers. Join the study that’s changing everything at michaeljfox.org/podcast-ppmi.

Mentioned in this episode:

This Giving Tuesday, December 3, you can help us sustain and grow the momentum in Parkinson’s research. All donations will be matched up to $4 million, which means your impact will be doubled. Visit michaeljfox.org/match2024 to help us accelerate research and be part of the cure.

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In this podcast, four people from different backgrounds have a candid conversation on race, stigma and Parkinson’s. They share their experiences trying to find culturally competent medical professionals, overcoming the barriers to research participation, and communicating with their communities about their diagnosis. And they offer tips and advice on finding empowerment through education and advocacy.

Like our podcasts? Please consider leaving a rating or review and sharing the series with your community: https://apple.co/3p02Jw0

The Foundation’s landmark study, the Parkinson’s Progression Marker’s Initiative, also known as PPMI, is recruiting volunteers. People from all backgrounds with and without Parkinson's can help move research forward. Join the study that’s changing everything at michaeljfox.org/podcast-ppmi.

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Our landmark study is examining the link between smell loss and risk for Parkinson’s disease in people of all backgrounds. If you’re age 60 or older and do not have Parkinson’s, you can help move this research forward by taking a free scratch-and-sniff test. Get yours today at mysmelltest.org/request.