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thank you  William

William Harshaw wrote:

> Some
>
> T echniques
>
> to
>
> I mprove
>
> P arkies
>
> S uccess
>
>  1. If you freeze while walking, take a collapsible cane with you.  When you
> freeze, assemble the cane and gently kick the end near the floor.  It helped
> me
>
>  2. Try, and I know this can be difficult, to be totally unselfconscious
> about PD.  This will force people to accept you on your terms, instead of
> requiring you to come to terms with them
>
>  3. If you can't walk forwards, try, very carefully, walking backwards.
>
>  4. If people offer to help you out of a difficult situation, accept
> graciously, instead of stubbornly trying to do it yourself.
>
>  5. While PD constrains you physically, it frees you intellectually.  Use
> that freedom
>
>  Three of these TIPS are attitudinal.  They are not intended to minimize the
> effects PD has on a patient's life or ignore the disruption it wreaks on a
> caregiver's life.  They are simply little things which I found helpful
>
> Bill