togetherforsharon@gmail.com, Author at Together For Sharon

28 Apr

Shan Havins: Rewriting the Rules: Parkinson’s, AI, and the Power of Showing Up.

May 5, 2025
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An interview with Shan Havins: Rewriting the Rules: Parkinson’s, AI, and the Power of Showing Up. Biography Shan Havins is a researcher, founder, former national lab leader, wife, mother, athlete, and advocate living with young onset...

20 Apr

General Blogs

Ready for a Challenge?

April 20, 2025
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WHY STACK DON’T CRACK? The Stack Don’t Crack Challenge draws attention to one of the more than 40 distinct symptoms of Parkinson’s disease: the impairment of Fine Motor Skills. This symptom encompasses the subtle yet...

19 Apr

General Blogs

NewYork – Presbyterian 2025 Annual Parkinson’s Disease Symposium

April 19, 2025
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We would like to invite you to join us for the NewYork – Presbyterian 2025 Annual Parkinson’s Disease Symposium for Patients, Caregivers, Community Partners, Allied Health Professionals, and Physicians in honor of Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month. Please...

10 Apr

Interviews

Survani Sinha: A Way Forward with NeuroSpiral

April 10, 2025
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An interview with Survani Sinha: A Way Forward with NeuroSpiral: A Multimodal Deep Learning Framework for Parkinson’s Diagnosis Please tell me a little about your background. I’m a high school student and researcher who is passionate...

02 Apr

Interviews

Team Foxflow & Shelley Gilbert: Exercise is my Medicine

May 5, 2025
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An interview with Team Foxflow & Shelley Gilbert: Exercise is my Medicine Biography Shelley Gilbert: Being diagnosed with Parkinson’s at age 60, an otherwise healthy and fit 60-year-old, was certainly a big blow. I remembered...

01 Apr

Tackling Tough Topics

The Tackling Tough Topics BLOG 14: The Emotional Toll of Diagnosis

April 1, 2025
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1/1/2020……. I lost my mother, Sharon, due to Parkinson's disease. I wanted to share my thoughts and ideas on tough topics in caregiving and send thoughts and prayers for others diagnosed and caregivers, so...

01 Apr

Newsletter

Welcome to April 2025…

April 1, 2025
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Welcome to April 2025…thank you for your support! Please share and ask others to subscribe. No one is alone in this fight for a cure! Together our voices are so much stronger! TogetherForSharon® In memory of...

31 Mar

General Blogs

Spine Cord Stimulator Journey… By Dr. George Ackerman

March 31, 2025
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My journey after 4 back surgeries and every procedure available…. Now the Spine cord Stimulator- Failed but not because of the technology… Day 1, Spine Cord Simulator Trial 3/27/25 Thursday Installed the temporary for trial...

23 Mar

General Blogs

What I have learned from decades of pain and dystonia By Tom Seaman

March 23, 2025
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What I have learned from decades of pain and dystonia By Tom Seaman As I reflect on my 24 years (as of 2025) living with dystonia and pain and other symptoms that changed my life...

22 Mar

General Blogs

Spinal Cord Stimulator: Saving Grace or to be Continued? By Dr. George Ackerman

March 22, 2025
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My fear that the pain will continue for decades to come…. After four failed back surgery attempts, I am heading to the Spinal Cord Stimulator. I woke up at age 42 and could not move from...