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| Forward and Introduction
DEFYING DESPAIR Feed the Mind Train the Body Nourish the Soul Anthony Scelta Jr. FOREWORD There has been an explosion of books on Parkinson Disease, including two of my own: Shaking Up Parkinson Disease and 100 Questions and Answers about Parkinson Disease. About half of the books are by doctors giving patients and care-givers information on treating Parkinson Disease, and about half of the books are by patients giving information on coping with Parkinson Disease. Why is this book different? It's different because Anthony Scelta was diagnosed with Parkinson Disease before he was 25 years old! He has lived a life, for all intents and purposes, knowing only Parkinson Disease, with a brief memory of what it was like to live without this malady. Most people in his shoes would have drowned in despair. Anthony has not! Somehow through will, through physical conditioning, through sheer “guts” he gives all of us a message of hope in adversity. This is definitely a book worth reading! Abraham Lieberman, MD |
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