{"id":1913468,"date":"2023-04-12T04:10:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T08:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-rep-jennifer-wexton-announces-parkinsons-diagnosis-promises-to-keep-serving-for-many-years-to-come\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T04:13:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T08:13:33","slug":"virginia-rep-jennifer-wexton-announces-parkinsons-diagnosis-promises-to-keep-serving-for-many-years-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-rep-jennifer-wexton-announces-parkinsons-diagnosis-promises-to-keep-serving-for-many-years-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton Announces Parkinson\u2019s Diagnosis, Promises to Keep Serving \u2018For Many Years to Come\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-rep-jennifer-wexton-announces-parkinsons-diagnosis-promises-to-keep-serving-for-many-years-to-come%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1913468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0411\/f7bb50b8-8771-4b93-b317-6aa522d2e462\/audio.mp3?length=2416365&#038;duration=201\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Representative Jennifer Wexton, a Democrat, recently announced her diagnosis of Parkinson&#8217;s disease, a degenerative brain disorder that can cause uncontrollable tremors, muscle stiffness, slowness of movement, and impaired balance and coordination. Wexton is now in her third term serving Virginia&#8217;s 10th Congressional District, and she expressed her determination to continue serving the public.<\/p>\n<p>Through a video posted to her Twitter account on April 11, Wexton revealed that she has Parkinson&#8217;s disease, stating that she&#8217;s doing well and with a positive attitude. She also mentioned that she has the strong support of her family, friends, and loved ones. As the disease progresses, an individual may experience difficulties with speech and walking, as well as mental and behavioral changes, sleep problems, fatigue, depression, and memory loss. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past few months, it has primarily affected my speech and how my mouth moves,\u201d Wexton advised. \u201cYou may notice I speak more quickly now. It has also affected how I walk and keep my balance. What Parkinson\u2019s is not is an untreatable disease, cognitive impairment, or a death sentence. So please, you\u2019re welcome to empathize, but don\u2019t feel sorry for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wexton noted that she is currently developing a treatment plan with her doctor and has been conducting her official duties as usual. She hopes to bring about as much good from this diagnosis as she can \u2013 both in Congress and in her personal life.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On #WorldParkinsonsDay, I&#8217;m here to share that I&#8217;ve been diagnosed with Parkinson&#8217;s Disease. I&#8217;m doing well, and I want to bring about as much good from this diagnosis as I can\u2014including here in Congress. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bvEwzZQbqp\">pic.twitter.com\/bvEwzZQbqp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jennifer Wexton (@RepWexton) April 11, 2023<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Representative Wexton&#8217;s announcement of her Parkinson&#8217;s diagnosis serves as a reminder that anyone can be affected by a chronic illness or disease. Her decision to remain in public service and continue fighting for the people of Virginia showcases her determination and strength. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) revealed on April 11 that she has been diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease. Wexton, 54, is currently in her third term representing Virginia\u2019s 10th Congressional District. \u201cOne thing that Democrats and Republicans can agree on is that Parkinson\u2019s disease sucks,\u201d Wexton, said in a video posted to her Twitter account. \u201cToday, on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1226,"featured_media":1913469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[9369,4156,5082,7154,6847,9256,12302,7129,5346,5468,24117],"class_list":["post-1913468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-for","tag-announces","tag-come","tag-diagnosis","tag-jennifer","tag-parkinsons","tag-promises","tag-rep","tag-serving","tag-virginia","tag-wexton"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1913468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1913469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1913468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1913468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1913468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}