Sympathetic nervous system still working okay, surprisingly. What does it mean?

[BUZZ1397]

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.

[paddyfields]

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.

[BUZZ1397 in reply to paddyfields]

Oh, I apear to be a normal PWPD. Sad. I always yearned to become somebody special

[M_rosew]

A shock or 'fright' causes a burst of adrenalin to enable 'fight or flight'.

This still occurs when you have PD.

[BUZZ1397 in reply to M_rosew]

Thank you for the heads up on this startle response being normal. Back to turtle strolling I sort of wish I could be startled every day just to get mving like that.

[johntPM]

12 years post diagnosis and I can catch as well as my sons, but I can only type at about a quarter speed.

John

[BUZZ1397]

I'm about to try a catching exercise using a tennis ball so I don't hurt myself. Thanks for the inspiration.

[beehive23]

watch

"awakenings" with De Niro, the lady catches a ball but cant write.

cheers