Emiliano Pinsón spoke about his life with Parkinson’s: “My body hurts every day”

In February 2021, Emiliano Pinsón has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and, from then on, his life changed forever. A year later, the journalist revealed it publicly and began to show his daily life on social media to demystify and give visibility to the disease.

A week ago he announced that he would leave the radio cycle Fuck you (DSports Radio) since his illness worsened and his doctor advised him to change his current hectic pace of life.

Now, Emiliano has paid a visit Mirtha’s night (El Trece) and talked about his experience with Parkinson’s. “Like all Parkinson’s they present the same way, both rigidity and tremor. It is thought that it is a disease of the elderly, that it is hereditary and this is not the case. It is not hereditary, indeed in a smaller percentage, e It is not a disease that only affects adults.. It can manifest itself at any age, there are many who are young,” began the journalist.

Pinsón had been diagnosed with rigid Parkinson’s. However, now she knew Your disease is “atypical” and more “complicated” because it is located in the cerebellum. “It is yet to be discovered, the origin is being investigated. We have already said that a fairly important trend has to do with nutrition, with poor functioning of the intestine, which for many is the second brain,” he continued.

It was then that Mirtha asked him how he realized he could suffer from this disorder. “I played football with my friends. I have a healthy life, let’s say, I drank alcohol socially. I have three children, Joaquín, Valentín and Victoria, now grown up, aged 24, 23 and 16. I was playing ball, I want to dribble and I can’t. I try a second time, a third time, I make a move and I fall,” she revealed.

“At that time I was working very late, on TV, and very early on radio. So I say: “it must be a dream theme”. I went to a study where they give you lots of little wires, they don’t give you any sleeping pills and you have to sleep. “I didn’t sleep,” explained the journalist.

He also asked: “When I go to review the result, they tell me: ‘why don’t you go and see the ‘anomalous movements?’ To which I ask, please, to change the name to ‘involuntary movements’, not abnormal ones.”

It was then that Emiliano told how the specialist communicated the diagnosis to him: “On February 4, 2021 I go to the neurologist, he does a couple of tests and tells me ‘what do you think you have?’ He told her “I guess I have stress.” He replied “No, you have Parkinson’s.” He was pretty blunt. It was surprising, of course, and from then on they medicated me.”

How Emiliano Pinsón’s life has changed since his Parkinson’s diagnosis

Although he was able to talk about it with his family and friends, it took Emiliano another year to be able to tell it publicly. In a conversation with Mirtha, he explained his reasons: “I met people I knew because of Parkinson’s. And a friend tells me to communicate it, that I have been a communicator for 20 years. I didn’t want to be a champion of this, but I started talking about it on my social mediaI made a podcast.

“I told you what happens to me, how I fight it, taking a weight off my shoulders. With a lot of therapy. I’m not afraid to say that I take antidepressants., because when they give you news like that, it comes at the same time. Then come Parkinson’s and depression. So I take antidepressants, I go to a psychologist, I go to a psychiatrist, and there’s nothing wrong with saying that. You have to release those fears a little bit from the words,” she opened.

The journalist also told how he deals with the disease in his daily life: “My whole body hurts, every day. Every day something hurts me. Every patient is different, my legs and extremities hurt a lot. There are people who don’t know how to drive but I drive.”

“What happened to me is that this whole time I said it and I wasn’t afraid. And I started to empathize with people. I see it with optimism, I try to draw the positive side from this disease which, unfortunately, today there is no curebut we can generate our own cure.”

Finally, Emiliano said: “I partnered with a girl I knew had Parkinson’s, when someone else says ‘it’s ready, I’m leaving’. I still work, I still have the life I had before with limitations. Without blaming anyone, that’s what touched me.”