Kitty and Mike talk about their 2025 and hopes for 2026. Emma will be back in 2026!

Kitty gets her disability parking permit, and uses it! We talk about having an invisible disability, and how it seems to matter that we look like we are disabled to access support.

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This episode was first broadcast on 7/7/2026 at pm by Coast Access Radio 104.7 FM, a Community Access Media Alliance station amplifying the voices of Kāpiti and Horowhenua. Supported by NZ On Air."

Kitty has a bit of an off day, so we indulge ourselves in a pity party. Sometimes we just want a day off from the weight of Parkinson's!

Because truth is stranger than fiction Kitty's husband Mike has his own chronic condition, as a survivor of an out of hospital sudden cardiac arrest. We all share the same frustration with well meaning but uninformed advice.

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This episode was first broadcast on 23/6/2026 at pm by Coast Access Radio 104.7 FM, a Community Access Media Alliance station amplifying the voices of Kāpiti and Horowhenua. Supported by NZ On Air.

Kitty talks honestly with Emma about her grief, resentment and fears about Parkinson's.

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This episode was first broadcast on 16/6/2026 at pm by Coast Access Radio 104.7 FM, a Community Access Media Alliance station amplifying the voices of Kāpiti and Horowhenua. Supported by NZ On Air.

Deep brain stimulation: the reality. Emma talks to Kitty about being approved for deep brain stimulation (DBS), her fears about undergoing brain surgery, and her hopes for life with the device.

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This episode was first broadcast on 2/6/2026 at pm by Coast Access Radio 104.7 FM, a Community Access Media Alliance station amplifying the voices of Kāpiti and Horowhenua. Supported by NZ On Air.

Are you sick and tired (literally) of waiting for a cure for Parkinson's? We are too. We're also frustrated at the New Zealand health system's inability to comprehend our situation of living with a incurable neuro-degenerative illness, for which we will be on the same pills for life.

There is an explosion of new weight loss drugs, and some areas of medicine seem to move very fast — while Parkinson’s still feels stuck in a cycle of symptom management, “maybe in ten years,” and waiting. We try to appreciate scientific progress, but can't pretend it’s enough.

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This episode was first broadcast on 2/6/2026 at pm by Coast Access Radio 104.7 FM, a Community Access Media Alliance station amplifying the voices of Kāpiti and Horowhenua. Supported by NZ On Air.

The impact of dealing with Parkinson's over many years - the trials and tribulations of progressing with Parkinson's - it wears on us from time to time. What to do? Is have good a cry and carry on really the answer....?

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This episode was first broadcast on 26/5/2026 at 2.00pm by Coast Access Radio 104.7 FM, a Community Access Media Alliance station amplifying the voices of Kāpiti and Horowhenua. Supported by NZ On Air."