chronic Parkinson 

The most remarkable characteristic of this book is the unique way in which Mr. Hero Teo copes with his illness. He is very different from all other Parkinson’s patients whom I have met. In fact, the whole book is centered around his “unorthodox” personality.

Parkinson’s is associated with a certain type of personality – the Parkinson’s patients tend to be introverted, morally rigid, punctual and “self-controlled”. In addition, Parkinson’s patients also have a lower tendency of novelty-seeking behaviour (i.e. tendency to seek excitement in response to new experience). In other words, they are generally not very adventurous or outgoing. Most of the time, their daily activities are confined to their home, and they keep a distance from the society in order to hide their illness. They are not the type of people who take initiative to do something new.