Table 3.

Themes generated in the analysis with notes about their content

Theme	Notes
It’s more than just an illness	Myths about PD
	Diagnosis as a bombshell
	Disruption of self
	Ontological challenge
	Being taken over by PD
Like a bird with a broken wing	Damaged/broken
	Adapting to bodily changes
	Self-reparatory actions
	Embodying agency
Being together with PD	Kinship with partnership
	Connectedness
	Sense of duty
Carpe diem!	Uncertain future
	Making the most of now
	Attempt to break the future orientation