Walking with Parkinson: Finding Faith, Purpose, and Peace - Paperback

by Corey D. King (Author)

Corey King was diagnosed with a chronic, incurable disease at age 47. Eight years later, Corey continues his story of fighting disability with humor, honesty, and realistic optimism. Walking With Parkinson chronicles Corey's journey from diagnosis through denial and acceptance, and finally to defiance. He believes that challenges are made to be overcome and that we all have a purpose, and he illustrates his belief with stories from his own life. Leavened with wisdom created by adversity and compassion learned from friends and family, Corey's story of finding faith, purpose, and peace in troubled circumstances is an uplifting reminder that we all have challenges, and we all have the power to choose our responses.Walking With Parkinson contains the complete text of Corey's first two books, Walking The Crooked Path and Stumbling Toward Victory. A third book-length section, Seeking The Way Home, and an added introduction to the combined edition are also included.

Author Biography

Corey was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2009 at the age of 47. He is president and chairman of the board of directors for the San Antonio Area Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Foundation (SA Moves Foundation), a nonprofit educational foundation chartered to improve quality of life and quality of care for people with movement disorders. He also is a past member of the board of directors of the Lone Star Parkinson Society in Texas, and the past president and chairman of the board of the Alamo Area Parkinson's Support Group. Corey is a US Air Force veteran and served as a space operations and engineering officer. After his Air Force career, Corey was an engineer and business executive in the high-tech world. After being diagnosed with young onset Parkinson's in 2009, Corey retired from his professional career in 2011. Corey currently volunteers as an advocate for the Parkinson's and movement disorders communities. Corey writes a blog about his experiences in life and with Parkinson's at thecrookedpath.net and has published two books: Walking the Crooked Path in 2013 and Stumbling Toward Victory: Living in Defiance of Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease in 2016. Walking with Parkinson is his third book. He and his wife, Amy, live in San Antonio, Texas with their standard poodle Izzy and two recovering stray cats (Skitter and Honeybee), who actually run the whole operation. They have two grown children.