A couple of weeks ago I found out my sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) that which makes for quickness in a startle, is still working. I was getting a load of clothes out of a chest high dryer and the dryer ball we use to help prevent wrinkles came flying out toward me ad I grabbed it mid-flight with my right hand. I said to my wife, hey did you know what I just did? I'm not supposed to be able to do that anymore. Then this afternoon I was feeding my wife off her bedside tray and she caused a large sippy cup she uses to start tumbling off her bed accidentally. Guess what? I caught it before it hit the carpet, with my right hand and quick just like the pre-PDdays. Have any of you experienced this/ I am over 5 years into this and I get around like a slow turtle usually.
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Sympathetic nervous system still working okay, surprisingly. What does it mean?
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I believe this apparent anomaly is quite common.. Although lacking the dexterity I once had and a bit clumsy by my own standards, I can be surprisingly quick off the mark at times. I read somewhere that threatened with being mown down by a vehicle a PWP is as quick to jump out of danger as anyone.
A shock or 'fright' causes a burst of adrenalin to enable 'fight or flight'.
This still occurs when you have PD.
12 years post diagnosis and I can catch as well as my sons, but I can only type at about a quarter speed.
John
I'm about to try a catching exercise using a tennis ball so I don't hurt myself. Thanks for the inspiration.
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