Table 3.
Theme | Notes |
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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 |