Ordinary Life: A Podcast About Parkinson's.

Kitty and Mike discuss what they have learned over the year.

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

Discussing the mental mind games we play with ourselves, and how other people perceive the cause of our issues.

We talk about the reintroduction of prescription charges and how its increasing the costs of chronic illness on families.

We get riled up about the grim stories about Parkinson's that charities use to attract donations, and how difficult hearing them can be for people trying to live positively with Parkinson's. Are we just being difficult? Or are these contradictory things both true - that it is hard living with Parkinson's AND possible to live positively with it?

Is it a good idea to fess up that you have PD to your boss or prospective employer? What happens if you do and they discriminate against you?

Is honesty the best policy when it comes to opening up to others about your diagnosis? And can you deal with the whispers of sympathy?

How do you cope when you realise that your life is not going to follow the direction you imagined? Emma and Kitty discuss 'self-grief' - their term for this agonising situation. They express their feelings and explain how grief can turn to anger and other emotions. #kittyandemma #emmaandkitty #kittyd

Inspired after watching a drama that implied that all drugs are bad, Kitty and Emma chat about attitudes towards medication and taking many pills. Is it really acceptable to question if people need the medication they are prescribed? What alternatives are there? Kitty Fitton is on a mission to prove that disability and illness doesn’t mean the end of life as we know it. She writes about hating exe...

In this episode the girls talk about the senses and how they may be affected when dealing with Parkinson's.

Kitty and Emma catch up for a debrief on stress in their lives (and how to manage it down) and end up discussing disability parking. Kitty Fitton is on a mission to prove that disability and illness doesn’t mean the end of life as we know it. She writes about hating exercise, coping with blended families, Parkinson’s, and trying to reach the bottom of the laundry basket.

Mike, Kitty and Emma discuss the impact of Mike's out of hospital cardiac arrest, and how he often feels that he has no support network of his own.

In this heartfelt episode of Ordinary Life , Kitty and Emma welcome back Kitty’s husband, Mike, to share his remarkable story of survival after a sudden cardiac arrest in 2020. One moment he was racing his motorbike; the next, he was clinically dead for over half an hour. Against all odds, Mike pulled through — but life since has been far from simple. Together, the trio talk about trauma, recovery...

Kitty and Emma discuss the many ways that Parkinson's steals away our precious time.

In this episode we discuss what things we have promised ourselves... that are still on thie list.

Kitty and Emma discuss managing medication and dealing with 'drop offs' when they just don't seem to work any more.

In this episode we discuss the rock and hard place of wanting people to be compassionate when we tell them that we have Parkinson's, while also getting regularly annoyed when they do!

Kitty and Emma discuss food, diet and how it impacts their life with Parkinson's. An irreverant look at life with chronic illness with Kitty Doyle (FItton) and Emma Kyriacou.

Kitty and Emma discuss how they felt upon finding their diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease. Offering an irreverent look at real life with a chronic illness, there's serious information mixed with fun and laughter. #kittyfitton #parkinsons #radioshow #ordinarylife #disability #chronicillness #realwomen #yopd #invisibledisability #parkinsonsdisease #kittyd #kittydoyle #ordinarylife

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Why is it considered so remarkable that I can get out of bed on a morning and function? Be coherent, have value? Why do we expect those with disabilities to be past it? Keep up with Kitty via her website Instagram Facebook and Twitter . #kittyfitton #parkinsons #radioshow #ordinarylife #disability #chronicillness #realwomen #yopd #invisibledisability #parkinsons #parkinsonsdisease #neurology #dysk...

Kitty Fitton talks about having to accept changes in life and coming to terms with making difficult decisions. People have odd perceptions and she wants to kick back! Keep up with Kitty via her website Instagram Facebook and Twitter . #kittyfitton #parkinsons #radioshow #ordinarylife #disability #chronicillness #realwomen #yopd #invisibledisability #parkinsons #parkinsonsdisease #neurology #dyskin...

This week I unpack toxic positivity. #kittyfitton #ordinarylife #parkinsons #parkinsonsdisease #neurology #dyskinesia #youngonsetparkinsons #invisibledisability #kittyfitton #ordinarylife #chronicillness #realwomen #coastaccessradio #nzonair