Since being diagnosed with Parkinson's 12 years ago, Bill Bucklew has become an exemplar of what's possible with Parkinson's.
CHICAGO -- Four friends will set off on a journey of a lifetime on Wednesday, cycling across America while raising money for two Parkinson' s disease foundations. The Chicago-area organizer is using the trip to show how to confront the big challenges of life head-on.Bill Bucklew is always on the move. 'I've run over 40 marathons, done 11 different triathlons. I've climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. I've walked across Great Britain.
He and three friends, who all have Parkinson's, will attempt to cycle some 4,000 miles from Virginia to San Diego â each logging about 70 miles a day for 65 consecutive days. 'I'm excited to see how many miles I can put on this in the next couple of months,' he said.'As everybody says, exercise is medicine; and it's a very potent, healthy medicine,' said Dr. Daniel Corcos, an exercise neuroscientist at Northwestern Medicine.
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