He says a positive outlook has helped him to live life to the fullest
“Gradually it got worse and worse and when I left school at 16 to start an electrical apprenticeship it really started getting noticeable. I remember going to see doctors when I was 16, 17, 18 and they would say to me, ‘Stop drinking and smoking and you’ll be fine’.
Leeds dad John Granahan, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's at 21, on holiday in Gran Canaria last year when he went on a jet ski “I was diagnosed in February 1993 and it was the happiest day of my life. Because I knew there was something not right." John struggled to come to terms with the diagnosis initially, only going outside at night. But, aged 23, he decided to embrace life. And he has since gone on to enjoy a 25-year career in IT, raise his daughter Olivia, 13, and get into extreme sports like jet-skiing and parasailing.are very surprised when they hear I was diagnosed so young. The main reaction I get is, ‘But that’s an old person’s disease?’.
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