Her Passion for Life is Contagious

Her book is not whiney or depressing. There is no hint of “poor me” or of being a victim. Instead, I was inspired and encouraged by reading Allison Smith-Conway’s recently released memoir, I Am Not Contagious.

Currently at the age of 34, Allison has experienced three life-changing diagnoses: an auto-immune disease at the age of 13, colon cancer at 24 and Parkinson’s Disease at 32. She has undergone multiple surgeries and has endured life-changing procedures for colon cancer as well as had Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s.

With her Master’s degree in Marital and Family Therapy, her interest in health and fitness and certification as a personal trainer combined with her personal experience of chronic illness, Allison founded the program, Parkinson’s in Balance. She enjoys helping people with their day-to-day struggles with Parkinson’s, focusing on living in the present rather than being preoccupied with the uncertainty of the future. Parkinson’s in Balance organizes support groups, fitness classes and outreach. In April of 2012, Allison’s efforts were recognized by the National Parkinson's Foundation, which named her a Parkinson's Superstar for her exemplary contributions to the Parkinson’s community.

While her illnesses aren’t contagious, Allison’s passion for life and indomitable spirit are catchy. Read more about Allison Smith-Conway, I Am Not Contagious, and Parkinson's in Balance at: http://parkinsonsinbalance.net

 

Comments

[Mark]

Hi there, truthful: I am leaving this note as much as I can around the internet to educate the Youtube and Google search engine.
I have made a short video to help a friend of mine that had...(has)
Parkinson's and was successfully treated by the Deep Brain Stimulation.
I want the video to be find-able but the search engines decided that they have to help out when looking for "Yoa Parkinson" the name of the video and the artist name for my friend, they suggest that you are actually looking for something else.
Thus setting the video entitled Yoa Parkinson pages back in the results.
If this and many more pages get indexed next time, it will become accepted by Youtube and Google.
Of course I am happy if you want to leave this on your Blog, and I understand if you don't.
See the video yourself: English version : http://youtu.be/Q0CYEF3RmM8
And please, if you would be so kind as to search for Yoa Parkinson
on Youtube once to educate that search engine ! Thank you so much !

Kind regards,

Mark