Battling Parkinson’s by Firing Through

Helping my Dad live his best life.

Ryan Chin
Age of Empathy
Published in
5 min readMay 24, 2022

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“Whoa Dad. You look more wobbly than usual. Should we bag it or fire through?”

My 76 year old dad lifts his head and stares at me with glassy eyes. He smacks his lips, something he’s doing more of as Parkinson’s Disease affects his speech.

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Ryan Chin
Age of Empathy

Author of The Big Head Diaries, stories of a lab from NZ, and Without Rain, a multimedia memoir. Email:thechinproject@gmail.com https://www.ryanchinauthor.com/