God has a plan, and you mean everything

I met Charles Mickles through a previous guest Barbie Ingles, I asked her if she knew anyone with the condition Parkinson's and she said she had the perfect guest. As soon as Charles and I started to talk, I knew he was a sweet guy, who had been through a lot, and I wanted to share his journey. He explains his variation of Parkinson's and the differences between the other variations of Parkinson's. Charles was diagnosed with Parkinson's at a younger age because most people who have Parkinson's are a lot older than he was at the time of his diagnosis. His diagnosis in itself was a roller coaster ride because he had to go through many tests and take different medications to even try to prove what it is he had. They eventually found the right treatments and medication, but before that, he thought he would have to quit his job because he could barely make it through the day. He talked about how expensive these medications and treatments are, and how impossible it seems for the average person to be able to afford them. Charles is another person who took his pain and everything that he's overcome to the advocacy world, where he wanted to give back so others like him didn't have to suffer on the level he did.

His website http://www.minesparkinsons.com