At 01:18 PM 2/19/97 -0500, Ida wrote: >George Lussier wrote yesterday about one of those incomprehensible can's >and can't's that are typical for PD. >Nobody really understands these phenomena. I remember how strange it was, >being very tense and not able to relax, as soon as I walked backwards or >downstairs I immediately felt normal. George & Ida, my mother is in a wheelchair. The nursing home in which she lives has a hall walking program after lunch, in which she sometimes participates. She does so by propelling her chair BACKWARDS down the hall. Is this a co-incidence? OR meaningful? And George, your note was both serious and wonderfully humourous. Thanks............Lena Lena Holmes parttime caregiver for Ilmi 74/2 Oakville, Ontario, Canada [log in to unmask]