Working Life: I've been living with Parkinson’s disease for the past 10 years

Dr Noel Richardson, National Centre for Men’s Health Ireland, IT Carlow and HSE Health & Wellbeing
It’s more a crawl than a spring out of bed – 10 years of living with Parkinson’s disease has taken the edge off those fast-twitch fibres. Thankfully, my [prescription] Levodopa, a performance-enhancing drug, kicks in pretty quickly and by the end of breakfast - cereals, fruit and yogurt - I’m beginning to feel wind in my sails.

Celebrating 25 years of health and wellbeing