""It s morning and the night has passed. Inch by inch, centimetre by centimetre, my life force, my self, is being eroded and then, presto, the heavy veil covering my face slowly lifts. I know that I am slowly disappearing. The Brian Sherman you all once knew will be no more.""

This cry from the heart was written some three years ago. It is the aftermath of a nightmare, literally and figuratively, and a low point in my battle with Parkinson s disease, which has now extended over ten or more years. Remarkably for a progressive illness, I have improved, but the war goes on.

After a remarkable and triumphant public life, Brian Sherman came face to face with the debilitating Parkinson s Disease. This is the moving, poignant and fascinating story of his Parkinson s journey."