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Real stories. Real struggle. Real laughs. Richie Pikunis shares the unfiltered truth about living with Parkinson’s—turning decades of lived experience into advocacy, insight, and a voice that refuses to be quiet.

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Voice Unshaken

Shut Them Down

The Polite Way We Ignore Obvious Problems

Richie Pikunis

Parkinson’s Awareness

The Parkinson’s Shift: We Are Finally Moving Beyond Symptom Chasing

Apr 30, 2026

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8 min read

The Parkinson’s Shift: We Are Finally Moving Beyond Symptom Chasing

Biomarkers, continuous levodopa delivery, GLP-1 drugs, and cell therapy are changing the Parkinson’s conversation. But patients need precision, not hype.

Richie Pikunis

Are We Underestimating How Much of Parkinson’s “Progression” Is Actually Delivery Failure?

Apr 29, 2026

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3 min read

Are We Underestimating How Much of Parkinson’s “Progression” Is Actually Delivery Failure?

Richie Pikunis

We Fixed the Drug. We Ignored the Delivery.

Apr 26, 2026

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2 min read

We Fixed the Drug. We Ignored the Delivery.

What if part of Parkinson’s “progression” is actually instability in how we deliver treatment?

Richie Pikunis

Parkinson’s Awareness

You Didn’t Do Anything Wrong... But It Still Hurts

Apr 22, 2026

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10 min read

You Didn’t Do Anything Wrong... But It Still Hurts

The truth about caregiving, control, and losing yourself with Parkinson’s

Richie Pikunis

Parkinson’s Awareness

Apr 22, 2026

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3 min read

When Parkinson’s Looks Like a Crime

Misread symptoms. Real consequences. A system that still hasn’t caught up.

Richie Pikunis

Parkinson’s Awareness

Parkinson’s Disease and the Brain–Heart Connection

Apr 19, 2026

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4 min read

Parkinson’s Disease and the Brain–Heart Connection

It’s Not Just Dopamine. It Never Was.

Richie Pikunis

Young-Onset Parkinson’s

Apr 17, 2026

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1 min read

You don’t die from Parkinson’s.

The truth behind a misleading phrase

Richie Pikunis

Parkinson’s Awareness

Apr 17, 2026

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3 min read

Parkinson’s Disease and Apathy:

The Symptom People Misjudge the Most

Richie Pikunis

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Shut Them Down

The Parkinson’s Shift: We Are Finally Moving Beyond Symptom Chasing

Are We Underestimating How Much of Parkinson’s “Progression” Is Actually Delivery Failure?

We Fixed the Drug. We Ignored the Delivery.

You Didn’t Do Anything Wrong... But It Still Hurts

When Parkinson’s Looks Like a Crime

Parkinson’s Disease and the Brain–Heart Connection

You don’t die from Parkinson’s.

Parkinson’s Disease and Apathy:

Voice Unshaken