D is Diagnosis

D is for diagnosis. It isn't always easy to get a diagnosis. If i had a do over I would have just gotten the DaT but i was scared. Scared of getting the results and dealing with the truth. So I found another neurologist...and another. I think i needed time to process everything, grieve and accept. When i reached out to Mayo for a second opinion and received my final diagnosis i had already been on my journey a few years so mentally i was ready, almost relieved. Diagnosis felt like the end of the road, but was really a beginning. In many ways I learned a lot about myself in the process. You're stronger than you know. Now i have amazing friends like you that support me every day. Thank you #ABCsOfPD
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