Hi Folks, My dad wrote to me and enclosed a picture of himself with a broken nose and lacerated face. He was walking and fell flat on his face in the driveway. Acoording to him and a neighbor who was watching my dad was walking when suddenly his pace accelerated into almost a trot where upon he lost his balance and fell. Has anyone experienced this problem and is there some way to avoid it? Secondly- Dad is scheduled for a pallidotomy in a couple of months and I am still requesting any personal experiences you guys have had with the procedure. I have had several replies and have forwarded them to my dad. If you have had a pallidotomy and can share what you we like before the surgery- what the surgery was like and how you are doing now please e mail me or post here. I am make a file of all responses and will post it's contents(minus Phone #s ,etc) at a later date. Thanks in advance, Bill Harper Jr for Bill Harper Sr [log in to unmask]