Send us a text Tonight, on the Park Right Here Podcast with Katrina, George Ackerman, Founder of Together ForTonight, on the Park Right Here Podcast with Katrina Sharon, a Parkinson's non-profit he began in honor of his mother Sharon. George is a Police Officer in FL, has a PhD in Criminal Justice and is also a Lawyer. George will discuss all the books he has written regarding his journey with Parkinson's and his latest book, "Policing and Parkinson's." I will even share a story about a...

Send us a text Come and Park Right Here with us as we relaunch the new PRH park right here podcast!! today we have a new collaboration with Eric Aquino from the Gray Strong Foundation. We talk about young onset Parkinson's and what it is meant in our lives and we also just get to know each other. Feel free to send me any questions or ideas that you have for future episodes. You can also let me know if you would like to be a guest on my podcast. Just email me at prhparkrightherepodcast.c...

Send us a text Katrina, Tom, and Katrina's cousin Stacy discuss how Parkinson's affects your family dynamics and relationships. Today, my cousin Stacy sits down with Tom and me to discuss how Parkinson's affects relationships with family members. I hope you enjoy it. We will have many episodes about this subject because it is such a vast topic for Parkinson's patients and their caregivers and family members. Support the show

Send us a text Tom sits with a nice young lady I met at a Parkinson's symposium. They talk about her journey through the muck and the mire of our current Healthcare System and getting a proper diagnosis. Christina will explain how a neurologist thought it was psychosomatic and not Parkinson's even after being on Sinemet for years. What's your Parkinson's story? Please email us at parkrightherepodcast@gmail.com Support the show

Send us a text General Conversation with Tom and special guest Jim Allen. They of course talk Pickleball, but they also discuss not feeling like a victim because of a Parkinson's diagnosis Support the show

Send us a text Katrina, Tom, and Stacey sit and discuss the Invention project they were involved in. It is a wonderful program for Middle School students where Tom spoke about his Parkinson's Journey they invented a special glove to help with tremors and also Stacey worked with them. It is an amazing story to hear and I hope you guys enjoy it. We also talk about Mission PD and how it's going. We also talk of course about exercise and Parkinson's. So come join us for another live Thursday podc...

Send us a text Check out today's episode with Katrina, Tom, and Amy Becker of the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Today our topic is advocacy and what you can do about it. How you can get involved in letting your government officials know more about Parkinson's. Amy's role is at the Michael J. Fox Foundation and getting the word out in DC about how important Parkinson's is and the funding we need in our community. I hope you learn as much as I did and enjoy the discussion as much. Support the show

Send us a text Hello, everyone, and welcome to today's episode number 8 of the Park Right Here podcast! Welcome, as always, with me, Katrina, and Tom, and our special guest today is Stacey Macaluso from Mount Laurel, New Jersey. She runs Mission PD, a non-profit working with the Parkinson's community. We talk about her nonprofit, and we, as in Me, Katrina, and her, connected on a personal level through dance, and we both know what Body Groove is and who Misty Tripoli is! It was a wonder...

Send us a text Hello everyone! Welcome to the park right here podcast episode 7. Yes, we made it to the hump of episode 7. The big milestone of all podcasts. Today, we have a special guest, Kristine Meldrum, PhD " Parkinson's: How To Reduce Symptoms Through Exercise. She sits down with Tom and me, and we have a wonderful discussion. I tell some of my stories, and Tom tells some of his rants, and we have an actual hour-and-a-half show that is full of fun and entertainment, as always. So come w...

Send us a text In Park Right Here podcast episode 6, we talk to Larry, an attorney from Canada. He is also a Canadian Ambassador for the Davis Finney Foundation. We talked about employment and the laws surrounding it concerning when to let your employer know you have Parkinson's and when to possibly go on temporary disability or to start looking at permanent disability. We also talk about exercise and the importance of exercise with Parkinson's. We also discuss the importance of having a sens...

Send us a text Today at Park Right Here podcast, it's episode 5. Our Guest is Jim Allen. He is a newly diagnosed Parkie. He is a former prosecuting attorney from Augusta, Georgia. He is now a pastor and speaker. Tom and I enjoyed having him on the podcast today. Tom and I sat down with him and talked about being newly diagnosed, and I felt he had some great insight that I think of jaded parkies who have had it for a while we're missing. I learned a lot from him. Come park right here and...

Send us a text Hello everyone. Today, in episode 4, we have a lovely guest named Lorraine Wilson. She is also an ambassador for the Davis Finney Foundation. She is going to sit down with us and talk about Parkinson's. Specifically, she will talk about how to start a support group. And all of the ups and downs she has had in her experience with her support group. She is a wealth of information on so many different topics. When Tom said Lorraine would sit in with us today, I couldn't remember w...

Send us a text Tom and I, Katrina, sit down and talk about Parkinson's fatigue. Do you ever feel like you're tired of being tired? That's How both of us feel today. My dyskinesia was much better today. I do feel very thankful for that. Even though I took a nap at noon, I was ready for another one at 2 p.m. We also discussed life stories, and Tom of course shared some funny stories and his life observations to keep us laughing and the hour went by too fast as always. Join us ...

Send us a text This week, Tom and I sit and talk about my dyskinesia symptoms that keep popping up throughout the episode. You can see me adjust my deep brain stimulators with my iPod live and in person. You get to see what dyskinesia looks like up close and how you must deal with it sometimes and keep going. It reminds me of this dear gift I got this week. It's a pin that says I have Parkinson's, but it Parkinson's does not have me. Don't miss the Park Right Here podcast every week liv...

Send us a text This is the Park Right Here podcast relaunch episode 1 with Katrina Rochon, age 54 diagnosed with young onset Parkinson's in 2011and Tom Cosentino, age 64 diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2015. We sit down and share our knowledge about our journey with this extremely complicated disease called Parkinson's. We are both ambassadors for the Davis Phinney Foundation out of Colorado. This is not sanctioned or endorsed by the Davis Phinney Foundation at this time. We just sit down...