Jeffco

DENVER EDITOR

in the fourth grade.

Sometimes it’s hard for me to remember that my dad has Parkinson’s disease.

He was diagnosed about 12 years ago.

In many ways, he is the same Mr. Fixit. But in other ways, he is not. It’s the little things. e day I moved into my new condo, as a rst-time homebuyer this past fall, I thought nothing of

Christy Steadman

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KRISTEN FIORE West Metro Editor kfiore@coloradocommunitymedia.com it when asking my dad to bring his tools so he could change the front door lock. I thought this would be an easy chore for him while everyone else carried the heavy moving boxes up and down the stairs. at he remembered the tools is a win given his Parkinson’s. But my mom discreetly told me that he wouldn’t be able to change the lock — because of the cognitive skills he has lost over the years to the disease. And, thinking back, it’s possible that she brought the tools for him, though I didn’t ask.

Again, it’s the little things that

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LINDSAY NICOLETTI Operations/ Circulation Manager lnicoletti@coloradocommunitymedia.com don’t seem to matter at the time, but add up, in retrospect, and show how much my dad has changed.

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive and degenerative brain disorder that a ects a person’s muscle movement. But it is so much more than a movement disorder. e disease itself is not necessarily fatal, but complications can be serious and it can greatly diminish quality of life. Along with the motor, or movement, symptoms, there are many other symptoms. People with Parkinson’s

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