Re: Tips

[Barb_MSN <Barb_MSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Dennis.... And to add to your "What not to do" tip list is
another "what not to do:

Don't walk around wearing bi-focal glasses (No matter how poor
your vision is).  When walking while wearing bi-focals, the
PD-eyes usually can't make the immediate transition needed to go
from the near-to-far-and-back-again repeatedly while
simultaneously  walking.

In other words, you eyes and brain aren't working in tandem,  you
end up with poorer coordination and exacerbated balance problems.

If'n ya wanna have a quick trip to the emergency hospital, walking
while wearing bi-focals is the way to go!  (This was told to me by
an opthamologist, and since I didn't pay any attention, I learned
it the HARD way. <GROAN>

Barb Mallut
barb-msn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Nestler <DNestler@xxxxxxx>
To: PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, October 14, 1999 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: Tips


>Hi  Barb,
>This is a tip on what not to do.  While on our morning 2 mile
walk my wife
>saw a single goose flying south.  She thought that was unusual
and told me to
>look up and see it flying all by itself.  I looked up while
walking and my
>balance went to zero.  After picking myself up a knew that was
something not
>to try again.  While walking look at the ground or straight
ahead.
>Dennis
>57/52