fruit coming out of your ears ?  yuck!

> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:51:45 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: exercises to strengthen fine motor skills
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> I have discovered the secret of acquiring exercise impetus. I of course, as 
>  a long time 
> member of this and other PD lists have known about the theoretical  
> benefits  of improved movement with regular exercising. I tried (half  baked)) to 
> exercise and couldn't get it done with any regularity. I considered  
> something like a Theracycle and decided that it was probably faux  exercising  
> because I wouldn't be using my own muscles. Then  in  November 2011, my whole 
> perspective changed. I had a heart attack . Among the  strong recommendations 
> by my Cardiac Specialist was to enroll in a Cardiac  Rehabilitation program 
> at the hospital, which of course I did. It included one  hour of exercising 
> 3x per week with various arm and leg machines and a series of  meetings with 
> a dietician. It has now been about a year and a half and it has by  force 
> changed my life. I continue to exercise at the facility with really no  change 
> in my program except now I pay for it myself rather than Medicare paying,  
> and while I am supervised I am not monitored as I was for the first three  
> months. Due partially to the exercise but mainly  due to dietary changes, I  
> lost 40 pounds. No more chocolate donuts, no more meat 5 times/wk (now 
> chicken  and salmon and vegetables and fruit coming out of my ears). Salt in 
> moderation  and always counting daily carbs, fat (only certain fats healthy to 
> eat) sugar,  calories and on and on. But now I was and am exercising because 
> it's my life  that is at stake not (just) my movement. I say 'just' with 
> tongue in cheek  because it isn't 'just' when I can't turn over in bed or get 
> out of a chair or  teeter on one leg trying to put my pants on or super worst 
> afraid that if I  lose my balance in the shower and fall or slip it will be 
> a disaster. The irony  is that because this stupid PD is progressive (I'm 
> in my 14th year), it's hard  to know in all cases whether a treatment or pill 
> or procedure is working as  effectively as you would like because the 
> progression varies from  person-to-person, from symptom-to-symptom in each of us. 
> But the point of  my having nothing better to do than kid around on the 
> list for the moment is  that if you need incentive to exercise for PD, try a 
> heart attack. It should  work every time.
>  
> Paul H. Lauer
>  
>  
> In a message dated 3/16/2013 02:00:38 Eastern Daylight Time,  
> [log in to unmask] writes:
> 
> Thanks,  Rick.
> 
> About flipping pages: I recently got a Kindle paperwhite--the one  that is
> just an e-reader, not a fancy tablet, and is good for reading in  the dark.
> It's great---easy-on-the-eyes screen, adjustable type fonts and  sizes, and
> no pages to flip! I hadn't realized what an effort that was  until I didn't
> have to do it. Of course, that means less exercise for my  paws. Maybe I'll
> get a deck of cards and practice shuffling and  dealing.
> 
> Hope you got your walk in. I like walking my local supermarket  when it's
> not too crowded. A grocery cart is a dandy walking  aid.
> 
> Kathleen.
> 
> On 14 March 2013 15:15, Rick McGirr  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > Exercise. I try to  remember that if I don't move it, it ain't gonna move.
> > If
> > I  don't work it, it ain't gonna work. It's either in gear or in the  
> shop.
> > So
> > acting on that, it is a cold but sunny day in  Buffalo, and I really 
> think I
> > should put on some layers and go for a  walk. If I get cold, I'll walk the
> > mall.
> >
> > Kathleen, I  don't know if it would be called physical or occupational, 
> but
> >  I
> > sometimes sit at the piano, usually when no one's around, (I'm my  own 
> worst
> > critic) and play scales and exercises, most often using a  metronome. This
> > helps keep the fingers in shape and helps to keep a  separate sense of
> > identity in each finger. I would say also that this  aids in typing, and I
> > guess it would generally benefit my fine  motor.
> >
> > I do have a hard time flipping pages in books, mags,  and papers.
> >
> > Oh yeah, the walk.
> >
> >  Rick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Parkinson's  Information Exchange Network
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On  Behalf Of Kathleen Cochran
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:28  AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: exercises to  strengthen fine motor skills
> >
> > Does anyone use occupational  therapy to help with fine motor skills? 
> Anyone
> > find it  effective?
> >
> > Kathleen
> >
> > On Monday, March 11, 2013,  Rayilyn Brown wrote:
> >
> > > even though we get worse no matter  what, the message seems still to be
> > > "use it or lose it".  I  would think using computer would help.  I do
> > > several  crosswords  on line daily.
> > >
> > >
> > >  http://www.livestrong.com/article/93795-exercises-strengthen-fine-moto
> >  > r-skills/
> > >
> > > Ray
> > > Rayilyn  Brown
> > > Past Director AZNPF
> > > Arizona Chapter National  Parkinson Foundation
> > >
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