Stop saying Hillary Clinton has Parkinson's Disease
I hear Hillary Clinton isn't feeling well. She's got a little pneumonia thing going. Antibiotics for ten days and it'll be all good again. Maybe.
That's not what I've been reading in the internet chats. Here's how those go.... Hillary Supporter #1: Did you hear Hillary fainted? Hillary Supporter #2: Yeah. She has pneumonia Hillary Supporter #1: Phew. She should be fine soon. Trump Supporter #1: It's not just pneumonia. She's really ill. Trump Supporter #2: She has Parkinson's. Trump Supporter #1: (shaking head) Sounds right. Conversation ends and so does the friendship between the four.
Yep, there are a lot of Parkinson's experts out there.
Here's one thing to know about Parkinson's Disease...it's damn hard to diagnose. I've had Parkinson's for five years and I can't tell if someone has PD by looking at them. Most doctors can't either. It generally takes six months or so to get a diagnosis, sometimes longer. That's because the way they come to the diagnosis is by ruling everything else out first. They check for this, they check for that...you don't have those, you might have Parkinson's. MIGHT! It's a very inexact science.
So if a doctor can't tell, or a guy who has spent a lot of time in the Parkinson's world can't tell, then an internet troll who has barely graduated high school sure as Hell can't tell.
I wouldn't mind having Hillary on the Parkinson's team. Imagine the awareness and money she could bring to the fight. But for her sake, I'm happy she doesn't have it. And I'm positive that anyone else who has Parkinson's is happy she doesn't have it. We don't wish this on anyone.
So Mr. Internet Parkinson's expert, stop saying Hillary has Parkinson's because you have no idea about this. Stop saying Hillary has Parkinson's because it's disrespectful and painful to the people who do have it and are fighting PD every day. Stop saying and gloating about Hillary having Parkinson's because it won't get Trump any more votes and it just makes you look like an ass.
Just stop!
This is a story about Johnny Cash and how easy it is to misdiagnose Parkinson's.
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