Barbara Mallut wrote:
>
> Dennis....
>
> Ya forgot the THIRD reason PArkies fall... This happens
> when a piece of furniture which has been sitting in the
> same place in your living room moves itself in front of
> ya just at the moment you walk by.
>
> I've gotten very savvy on this particular household
> hazard and can assure you that small tables are
> out to get us.  And the darn things are FAST, too!
> One moment they're where they always are, and the
> next minute :::::poof::::: there they are under your feet!
>
> The NEXT minute it ain't the table that's tossed
> head-over-heels..... it's YOU.  The &#%@^ table
> scuttles back to where it always  is and sits there
> with this oh-so-innocent look on it.... Waiting  for it's
> next victim.  Waiting...... waiting..... waiting...
>
> (Adjusting ace bandage on knee after run-in-with-small-table)
>
> Barb Mallut
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> From:   Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Dennis Greene
> Sent:   Thursday, July 09, 1998 3:11 AM
> To:     Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
> Subject:        Re: Falling, who's falling besides Dennis Greene?
>
> George,
>
> >PS To Dennis Greene. I'm sure you have heard this before but one reason
> that you may have fallen is because you are from "The land down under".
> Personally I don't trust gravity as far as I can throw it!
>
> As I'm sure you are aware we fall upwards down here.
>
> But seriously folks!  Having Parkinson's is a bit like riding a bike (motor
> or push). If you ride a bike you had better be aware that one day you are
> going to fall off. Like wise if you have PD you are going to fall at one
> time or another.  In my experience most PD related falls occur for one of
> two reasons.
>
> 1.     our feet can't move fast enough to keep themselves under our heads
>
> 2.     we drag our feet and trip over things that wouldn't normally trip a
> 2yr old toddler. Things like ball point pens etc.
>
> My most recent fall was yesterday. It occurred because I tripped over the
> airhose I was using to inflate my car's tyres.  I tripped over the airhose
> because once again I was ignoring two of PD's most fundamental rules
> which being:
>
> a)    if you are walking - swing your arms (I couldn't as my hands were full
> of airhose)
>
>         and
>
> b)    don't try two things at the same time (walking and manipulating the
> airhose)
>
> I ignored the rules because this is the only life I'm going to get a shot at
> and I'll be damned if I'm going to spend it playing safe.  My last fall
> previous to this one was ages ago - my next could be tomorrow or next year.
> All I can be sure of is that just before it happens I'll be standing on my
> own two feet.,.
>
> Dennis
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Dennis Greene 48/11
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You asked who else is falling other thanDennis Green.I am ......Craig.
Up until a few months ago I had no problem getting around.During a
scheduled meeting with my neuro I asked about TASMAR that apparantley
was just released So he put me on it 1x3 times a day 200mg each tab.But
he took me off the MIRAPEX also 1x3 daily 1mg a tab.Now it may be
coincidence but all of sudden I'm falling down all the time. I can't
walk backwards, like when you are mowing the lawn and you have to
reposition yourself, or help sombody carry something that takes 2 people
one in back facing forward and the front person usually walking
backwards.My schedule is I see him very 6 months as a routine , unless
something comes up. Now with all the pwp's out there somebody may have a
laymans opinion
 on this. Coincidence or not.CRAIG 60/2.Address is [log in to unmask]