Parkinson's: Balance & Falling
Snarky Parky & me A journey Into Parkinson's With Nancy Mellon Blog Coordinated by Corrine Bayraktaroglu The past couple of weeks, I have had a bonanza of both good and not-so-good moments. Making art and planning for this coming weekend's Puzzle Hunt are in the good category. Low blood pressure episodes, a couple of near black outs, and pain in my legs and back,(and lots of trying to figure out what is causing each and make a plan of what to do,) come into the mostly not-feeling-so-good category. That's my excuse for not getting a post ready this last week. So it is 5 p.m. on Monday... I thought i would instead copy an e mail that I sent to a buddy, who' s mom has Parkinson's. Her mom had started having trouble with her balance, (and in the last month, she has fallen quite a few times. She is feeling very scared of falling.) I wanted to help. I hoped I had at least a partial answer, this is what I wrote: I take exercise classes with THW (Total Health
