
By WOJCIECH WASILEWSKI
Dear Reader, if you’re looking for something soft and easy, please buy a different book. This one isn’t here to comfort you — it’s here to shake your lazy world, to shock you, to drag you out of the same lethargy I was trapped in for years after being diagnosed. If you feel anger, rebellion, or even a surge of motivation while reading, then it was worth writing this book, each and every hour. Parkinson’s isn’t polite — and I won’t be either. This is my war manifesto against Parkinson’s.
Throughout this book, I use the word “Parkinson” as shorthand for Parkinson’s disease, not as a reference to James Parkinson, the doctor who first described it. If that feels like an oversimplification — I apologize. But trust me, it’s the least important thing here.
People today are searching for real stories — not textbook definitions, sterile medical jargon, or sugar-coated tales of suffering. You won’t find any of that here. What you’ll find instead is something far more valuable: the truth. Raw, unfiltered, sometimes brutal, sometimes even vulgar. Why? Because that’s what this disease really is. That’s the kind of relentless fight you’ll need if you don’t want Parkinson’s to steal your life, piece by piece. I’m not afraid of that fight — and this is exactly what this book is about. I want you to stop being afraid and to believe you can get into this fight too.
This is not a scientific book. I’m not a doctor. I don’t have a PhD. I’m not an “expert” who appears on morning TV. I’m just a patient — like you. Someone who heard the diagnosis and, instead of quietly accepting it and waiting for the end, chose to fight back. And the most important part? After years of struggle, I’m living proof that it can be done. This isn’t theory — it’s my sweat, my pain, my setbacks, and my comebacks. If you want to read the story of someone who curses Parkinson’s out loud every day and refuses to let it win — you’re in the right place.
If you want to hear the voice of someone who tests every possible method to claw back one more day of normal life from this disease, someone who isn’t afraid to speak the truth and take risks — this book is for you. This is my declaration of war on Parkinson’s. And if you’re ready to join me in this fight — come on board. Because to live well with Parkinson’s, you have to completely change your lifestyle. That’s exactly what this book is about.
PARKINSON’S AFFECTS THE YOUNG
I’m talking to you — the person who typed into Google: “Parkinson’s and physical activity,” “diet and Parkinson’s,” “how to stop Parkinson’s,” “can you recover from Parkinson’s,” or “can young people get Parkinson’s.” If you’ve landed here, you’re searching for answers. I’m no miracle worker. I don’t have magic pills or secret formulas. I do have something better though — real strategies that work for me. Not just for me.
This isn’t an academic thesis. This is a battle guide. A survival manual. It’s about resisting this disease, outsmarting it, slowing it down, exhausting it. It’s about clawing back one more day of normal life — and doing it all over again tomorrow.
You know what annoys me the most? That the majority of people still think Parkinson’s is a disease of old men sitting on benches outside their apartment buildings. That’s just not true. More and more young people — people who should have their whole lives ahead of them — are being diagnosed. And then what? Fear. Panic. The crushing feeling that everything is over. Doctors rarely have time to explain what’s really going on. And the internet? It hits you with nightmare scenarios — videos of people shaking so violently they can’t even lift a spoon. Nevertheless, that’s not the full truth about Parkinson’s.
For younger people, Parkinson’s is a completely different fight — a different tempo, a different pressure, a different kind of war. They are the ones who this book is for. For people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s, with families, careers, dreams, and plans — all of which Parkinson’s is trying to rip away. We don’t have to let it happen. We can fight back.
WORDS OF CRITICISM FOR THE CRITICS
I can already hear the noise — the mocking, the scoffing, the eye-rolling. Critics saying there’s no scientific proof, that maybe something did work for me but won’t work for anyone else, that it’s all clichés and empty words. Maybe my Parkinson’s is ‘defective,’ they’ll say. Or maybe I don’t even have it. Or I just got lucky and ended up with the soft version — you know, Parkinson’s Lite.
To all the critics who will claim that nothing in this book works, I have only one thing to say: Keep on clucking.
When I first decided to fight Parkinson’s, my condition was declining fast. I had muscle rigidity. I could barely walk. My left arm didn’t swing. I felt that heavy-leg fatigue, and my tremors were intense. I passed out twice — both times collapsing in the bathroom. Then I underwent the FUS procedure, and it significantly reduced the tremor in my left hand. That was the moment I realized I had to change my life. And so began a slow but powerful transformation.
I HAVEN’T WON THE WAR
Let’s be clear, dear Reader: I haven’t won the war against Parkinson’s — not even close. Writing this book, after working full-time as an analyst for eight hours a day, takes a toll on me. Sitting at the computer for hours temporarily worsens my symptoms. Just this morning, I woke up in pain — arms, legs, back, everything.
And what did I do? First I went for a light three-kilometer run. Next I took a freezing cold shower. Then I had a healthy breakfast. These simple steps and just like that — my body came back to life.
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