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<Bass HREF="file:///C|/PARK/CAUSE4.HTM"> (From: Janet) I wanted to just note that occurrences like the ones that I have related are so common that there is even a name for them - "paradoxical kinesia". They are referred to in about every book that I have read on Parkinsonism. In Dr. Duvoisin's "Parkinson's Disease - A Guide for Patient & Family" Raven Press copywrite 1991 it is discussed on page 37. (Third Edition). These occurences are neatly filed under "Phenomenon". (shouldn't happen given what we accept about the disease, but occurs so frequently we can't deny their existence so we just say, "beats me - I don't have any idea why it happens..) What I am saying is that these "phenomena" have lost some of their mysteriousness to me. I believe the "phenomena" that I have experienced are predictable and repeatable. Other little puzzling enigmas that I have read about or experienced myself suddenly become much clearer, in other words when you are getting closer to the truth, the "head scratcher"things that happen begin to be more "..sooo could that be why that happens...hmm" That is where I am now. I know what happened happened and the explanation I have been considering for some time seems to fit in many ways and lends an explanation to otherwise unexplainable happenings, but that is all I have to offer, hence my reluctance to make really bold statements and only say that I have enough evidence to satisfy myself. I don't have scientific proof or even anyone else's agreement, it would even be nearly impossible to absolutely prove that I'm telling the truth, so I chose the legal analogy of,"here is my testimony and why I think it happened"rather than, "This is the way it is folks". I think I've made it clear, right? May I, (we) be free to bat about scientifically unproven opinions, even musings? without fear of having to walk the plank or being assigned to a disgusting detail? Thanks, Janet.