Re: LIST: Pope Filmed With PD S/S

[Jane Koenig <jane_koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My local newspaper had a photo and article of the Pope in India a couple
days ago.  The photo showed him standing and, I believe, praying.  It was
head to toe, from the side, and his upper back was curved like a comma.
The caption said "The weight of the world on his shoulders", but it sure
looked PD to me!  The article mentioned his Parkinson's without detail,
focusing rather on his trip and the politics involved.

At 10:22 AM 11/10/1999 EST, you wrote:
>Morning List-ers.  ABC News with Peter Jennings, 11/9. showed the Pope
>exhibiting
>classic signs of PD.  The commentary was excellent, explaining accurately
>what we were viewing.   Some days the Pope does not exhibit tremor, some
>days he does, "depending on how his medications are working on a given day."
>At one point he froze in place, in another shot he seemed to trip, shuffle,
>barely
>able to walk.  The Pope certainly appeared frail and not well.
>
>Clare Wilson
>