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At 23:21 2001/04/20 -0400, Camilla Flintermann wrote: >Hi-- lately Peter has started to fall a lot, and his neuro, a specialist in >PD, said to insist he use his walker, because at his stage (12 yrs dxd) >they really can't adjust meds to help with balance. (Getting him to use it >is another problem---) In his case, I feel the fact that he has always >refused to exercise contributes to his instability, and weakness makes it >hard for him to get up, though he sometimes can with great effort. He >never has warning of an impending fall. If Jack has a chance to work with >a physical therapist on balance, that might help some. hi camilla this new aspect of peter's is still niggling at the back of my mind... can you trace things back to where he was not falling? was there a med change or some other change about then? you also mention hallucinations - it does sound like there's a med interaction or something going on - maybe the neuro needs a fresh point of view? i don't think exercise can help with stability especially when there's no warning i do believe that balance problems have a whole nuther source than simply 'frailty' with concern janet janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky PD: 54/41/37 CD: 54/44/43 TEL: 613 256 8340 EMAIL: [log in to unmask] "a new voice" home page: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ . "new voice news" latest posts: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nvnNET/ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn