A dietician who was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's Disease has launched a new app to help others manage their condition ahead of Parkinson's Awareness week.
53-year-old Richelle Flanagan is a dietician based in Dublin with 18 years of experience, and she is currently a committee member of the Dublin branch of the Parkinson’s Association of Ireland. Richelle's journey with Parkinson's began almost six years ago, when she was three months pregnant. She noticed her handwriting had suddenly become smaller.
Speaking to Dublin Live this week, Richelle explained: "It's coming up to six years now, I was basically three months pregnant I picked it up myself [the symptoms]. I was working in my dietetic clinic and a patient had come back to see me after five years of not seeing me, when I went to write in the record card I noticed my handwriting was much smaller than it had been five years previously and when I tried to make it bigger I couldn't.
