CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS by SC Chua

Mr. Teo Kim Hoe was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in September 2005. At a time when most people would sit back and enjoy their retirement lives, Mr. Teo was suddenly faced with a life altering disease. But such is life. When the worst of the storm hits and hurls your ship towards a pile of rocks, you either give up and jump ship or you summon your courage, do your best to steer the ship away from danger and say, “Is this the worst you can do?” In coping with this degenerative disease, Mr. Teo is the epitome of Captain Courageous, hence the appropriate nickname he adopted in his blog – “Hero Teo”.

Although his blog ‘movementdisorder.blogspot.com’ is not exactly Michael J. Fox’s Foundation for Parkinson’s disease, it records the extraordinary efforts that Mr. Teo has taken to combat this disease and his desire to share his knowledge with the world in the hope of reaching out to fellow Parkinson disease patients with the intention of helping them to the best that he can.

While many would stopped after knowing what is the best or latest medicine available for Parkinson’s disease and finding out the best procedure out there, Mr. Teo will not sit on his laurels until he finds out for himself the truthfulness of the representations concerning those medications and procedures. This often involves using himself as the test subject and facing the consequences of undesired side-effects, all these just to prove the effectiveness of the medication. He would then share all these experiences in his blog for the benefit of others. Captain Courageous? I have no doubt that he is.

If all his work and research would benefit and improve the life of even just one person, then Mr. Teo has achieved more than what many of us could do in a lifetime.

Yes, these articles are definitely very encouraging & they will add spice to your book. It will be a source of inspiration to other PD patients to follow in your footsteps!

Cheers,
Hooi Hoon