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diana, the same thing is happening to my mother, she doesnt have any tremors either, but she falls backwards. does anyway have any knowledge of any kind of a walker that would help if someone falls backwards? my mother is 74 and she is so lucky she hasnt already broken something, it is scaring me to death. paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Sellin" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 8:12 PM Subject: Re: What do we have in common > Cathy: > Hi...I'm 48, diagnosed about 3 l/2 years ago and still have not developed > any tremors,...which is about the only positive thing I can report. My > balance is the pits, which I have unfortunately seen decline within the past > 6 months. (For example, yesterday I was standing in our driveway wth my > walking stick in hand when all of a sudden I had that awful stumbling > backward kind of motion, eventually crashing onthe asphalt witha huge > goose-egg of a bump on the side of my head, another skinned, sore elbow and a > braised shoulder.) I do prefer the walking stick to a conventional > cane...why? Because it somehow makes me feel less disabled > diana. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn