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... i was a tad dyskinetic a bit more than just twitchy and i was bending over the bathtub to brush my hair up into the usual topknot as i straightened up holding my ponytail in one hand i lost my balance and toppled rolled down and backwards couldn't find anything to grip on the way down although there was a wall mounted grab bar close by all i remember is my hands reaching for the side of the tub but there was nothing to grab first kapow tail bone on vinyl-tile-over-concrete floor then kabam upper back and shoulder blades against the wood door whew hurting laying still to absorb the news then scrabbling on the slippery floor to regain verticality then off to my bed to assess the damage and catch my breath three days later bruises on my upper arms and right buttock are turning yellow and green the stiffness was at its worst yesterday it could have been so much worse i've been given a wakeup call dyskinesia is more than an inconvenience or an annoyance what to do? how to prevent recurrence? new and seated hair grooming routine? wall to wall carpet on floor? grab bars everywhere? padded walls? janet ow 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] smail: 375 Country Street, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn