Speaking to Variety, Reid said an “amazing thing” had come out of the attention the show has received.
“Jacob was on CNN a few weeks ago. For whatever reason, the interviewer asked him about my Parkinson’s diagnosis,” she recalled.
“I thought it was kind of odd, but then the next day, one of the top Parkinson’s experts in the world reached out to me and asked if he could help me.”
Reid explained: “I’ve never gotten to talk to a Parkinson’s expert. I’ve been on a five-year waiting list here because I live in a very small place.
“Now he’s found me a Parkinson’s expert, a neurologist, and I have an appointment in a couple weeks. “That could change things for me because I’m not really getting the treatment that I should be getting.
“He also told me how to change my medication so I can sleep because I never slept. That change made me sleep through the night, which really helps with writing.”