As an Emergency Medicine consultant in one of the busiest departments in the UK, Dr Jonny Acheson loved his job. Fuelled by adrenaline, he treated and cared for some of the sickest patients who came through the doors.
In 2016, when he was 41, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's, a progressive neurological condition for which there is no cure.
He found it increasingly difficult to multitask in his fast-paced world. The environment that he thrived in made his symptoms worse. Parkinson's challenged his professional identity as an emergency doctor, and he didn't know what to do.
When Your Neurons Dance is about how he is adapting over time with support around him - how he looked to the past to help him in the present, embracing change as new doors opened both inside and outside medicine.
Ultimately as a doctor practising with Parkinson's, he found a way to give back, despite a condition that always takes away.
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General, Postgraduate, Professional Training, and Undergraduate Advanced
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1 s/w Photographie bzw. Rasterbild, 1 s/w Abbildung
1 Halftones, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 9 mm
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978-1-032-98997-6 (9781032989976)
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Jonny Acheson is currently an NHS Emergency Medicine Consultant who advocates to increase the quality of care for people with Parkinson's when they are in hospital. He, alongside fellow NHS Professionals living and working with Parkinson's, has put Time Critical Medication on the national agenda working alongside Parkinson's UK. He is currently the Director of Engagement at the Parkinson's Excellence Network, a post he has held since 2022. He studied medicine at Queens University Belfast and subsequently worked in Emergency Departments in both Northern Ireland and the East Midlands. He dabbles in letter art to create short films and sketches to educate about Parkinson's. He has exhibited in Leicester, Barcelona and Paris.
He lives in Leicestershire with his wife and two children.
1. The Long Walk 2. Simply Complex 3. This Bike Is on Me 4. Muscle Memory 5. Learning 6. Perseverance 7. The ED with PD 8. More Medication 9. Connections and Coping 10. Kyoto 11. Oz and Oil 12. Community 13. Covid 14. Compromise 15. More Symptoms 16. Healthcare Professionals with Parkinson's 17. La Sagrada Familia 18. Time Critical Medication 19. Co-morbidities 20. Enabling not Disabling Epilogue End Notes Appendix 1: My Dad: His Parkinson's through my nine-year-old eyes script Appendix 2: Time Critical Medication: Ten Recommendations for hospitals
