The singular thing I worry about when I go to my doctor is about failing the pull test. I guess this is how it looks when you fall backwards:
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Perhaps, he had Parkinson's? Read the article:
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Don't always believe what you see. Sometimes there are two sides to a story. Fake blood, talking on cell immediately after "head injury", joking with EMTS. I have known a lot of seniors who have fallen, including me, and none of us could carefully set our cell phone on the ground before landing. . Also, what does your post have to do with PD? Hope link works.
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ylbob, if you have Parkinson's, you would not be asking this question 🙂
I guess I am qualified to answer the question. Diagnosed nine years ago. three Nueros and currently seeing Movement Specialist regularly at a UC (University of California) hospital. Pass the "pull Test" every time. Usually score around 20-23 on the 100 scale. No tremors though, I am very fortunate.
ylbob, yes you are fortunate that you are passing the pull test each time. I am happy for you. Please see my more detailed answer to kaypeeoh.
I introduced the video as a live demonstration of what is likely in store for anyone who fails the test. Maybe, it was a bad example because you have incorrectly inferred that my intention was political in nature. This post was meant for the purpose of illustration of a problematic Parkinson's condition and belongs in the right forum.
Let me guess.... and please don't take it too seriously. Since you told me not to believe what I see with my own eyes, allow me to guess: Trump Enthusiast?
The two police officers in the video broke the law by assaulting the 75 year old man. They should have simply cuffed and arrested him as they did the next protester with the sign and there would have been no problem, but they didn't and then they filed a false report saying he "slipped and fell" with no mention of the fact that they pushed him to the ground where his head hit the concrete and he was knocked out and blood started running out of his ear. Here is another video that shows a view from across the street where you can actually see and hear his head when it hit the concrete. It was loud enough that police on the other side of the street heard it above all of the noise and turned to see what it was. The two police were immediately suspended once the videos came out. One officer was going to see how he was doing and was pushed away by another officer.
The second video that plays within this video gives the view from across the street where you actually see his head hit the concrete hard. There usually are two sides to every story and this one is pretty clear about all of it.
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Both cops were charged with second degree assault, a felony. Apparently the district attorney did not want to add elder abuse or assault under color of authority to the charges. The senior is still in the hospital as of 6/8/2020.
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I wonder if exercising for balance might fool the neuro that I'm getting over PD?
kaypeeoh, Good Morning and a happy new day. I hope you are saying that half in jest. Why would you want to fool your doctor?😅
In all seriousness, falling backwards is one of the two most terrifying prospects for us unfortunates. Actually, make that three.
The good MDS will always do the pull test each time that you visit. They are actually testing for the ability to break a fall and avoid serious injury the likes of which happened to the person who was shoved by the police in the video. I guess that they probably have medication for that and also assess the progression of our condition.
I know of at least one lady with Parkinson's who fell backwards and fell on her head. There was immediate bleeding but no immediate concussion, so she was lucky. Falling backwards is the one fall that a patient with advanced Parkinson's will find hard to break. Hence the reason for greater monitoring and testing for this.
Yeah, I can't find a 'smartass' emoticon. If I can fool the doctor then maybe I don't have the disease. PD forced me to retire and I'm still dealing with it by not dealing with it.
I also have Pd was diagnosed in 2015 and I’m am 59 and I have fallen backwards And hit my head so many times I can’t even remember how many times I fall last week I fall and hit my head three times in the last week. It is very scary when you fall and hit your head
Hi. Cindy. Thanks for sharing. Did the doctor say if there are any way to perhaps prevent it with medication?
I’m on levocarb 1 1/2 pills every three hours. I will have to ask her next time I talk to her if there is any meds that will help with the falling
Thanks Cindy. Please keep us posted. It must be terrible falling backwards so many times. Have you considered a helmet of sorts? I think that it's probably a ridiculous thought or suggestion, but I have been thinking about this ever since I saw the video and hoping that a "cool" solution is available to protect the head.
I did a quick search and found this:
There's a lot of alternatives. However, I am looking for something that is not so obvious 😇
I’m too vain LOL I would not be caught dead In one of these helmets 😂
I have a walker And a cane and I just got the walker since I fell and hit my head on the tile.
There was a time when I was too vain to take my cane out of the house. Two years later I was done with the cane. I graduated to a walker. There's one for the car and one for the house. My Neuro, a very smart man, said wake up and smell the coffee. You fall now and break a leg or a hip, at your age it could be the beginning of the end.
I'm in the gait and balance group. I never know when the festinating gait is going to suddenly kick in. Not a pretty thing to see. My walker saves me and the general public. I've fallen several times, never when I'm using my walker. I often tell my kids, there's a bazillion mistakes in life. You don't have to make all of them. Learn from the mistakes of others.
My gait is ok but I’m so dizzy this is why I think i’m falling down my doctor Doesn’t seem to know why either.
Very sorry to hear that. I was there at one time. Not dizzy all the time, only when standing from a sitting position. I was diagnosed with orthostatic hypotension (medication induced). I stopped taking Gocovery and I seem to be better. I have much dyskenesia, which the Gocovery did a great job of nearly eliminating.
Are you drinking enough fluids?
Good luck and keep moving.
IF YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT.. BEFORE PD, I WAS A CHEESE BURGER.
Some thoughts on Gluten sensitivity
If you feel you do not have Parkinson, what is the next step?
Why is not working the HDT on me?
PD and stress
