I discovered a new symptom on my walk today - my right arm had become lazy and didn't seem to want to swing to the extent my left arm did. The result of my right arm lacking the energy to move was, it tended to do a dead hang by the side of my body. Hanging by my side in turn caused my hand to jump around. I found that if I made my arm swing in a greater arc, the hand tremor all but disappeared.
This is the first I have noticed the dead arm. I realize that lack of arm swing is a popular symptom of PD, but my arms have always acted in the manner they are supposed to act. I am hoping this was an aberration, brought on by my heavy parka and the fact that I carry my ipod, to keep it from freezing, inside my right mitten, next to my hand.
All the while, I couldn't get this ditty out of my head..._"You put your right hand in. You put your left hand in and you turn it all about. Do the hokey pokey ....that's what it's all about" (something like that)
How appropriate, I think, to compare PD with the hokey pokey!
ummmm .... the hokey-pokey .... ummm .... sounds kinda like dancin' Doug !!! Who knows, you didn't dance before PD but ..... no telling what might happen now ..... just thiniin'. edie
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of another family favorite that applies to the pd obsessed...
ReplyDeleteSide by Side
Oh! We ain`t got a barrel of money
Maybe we`re ragged and funny
But we`ll travel along
Singing a song
Side by side
I don`t know what`s a-comin` tomorrow
Maybe it`s trouble and sorrow
But we`ll travel the road
Sharing our load
Side by side
through all kinds of weather
What if the sky should fall
Just as long as we`re together
It really doesn`t matter at all
When they`ve all had their quarrels and parted
We`ll be the same as we started
Just traveling along
Singing a song
Side by side
(Repeat last two verses)
Songwriters: WHITE, MAURICE/VAUGHN, WAYNE/VAUGHN, WANDA LOUISE
Side By Side lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN & CO. INC.