--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > <snip> > > > I myself find nothing wrong with Fox NOT taking his meds for the > > > purpose of showing how much he shakes during Parkinson's...I > > > mean, what's he supposed to do...NOT shake? The purpose of the > > > ad was to show the debilitating effects of the disease! > > > > > In fact, he was NOT shaking. Did you watch the > > transition during the interview? He started > > out shaking un controllably and eventually his > > shaking slowed dramatically over the several > > minutes he was talking. > > This is about the ad, Lawson, not the Couric > interview. > > In any case, the medication *increases* the > movements, it doesn't decrease them.
During the interview, he was shaking because the medication hadn't kicked in. By the end of the interview there was an obvious change in movements as the medication took effect. It's not a binary issue: he went from some rigidity where he was shaking uncontrollably, to a less-rigid mode where his muscles were not locking up constantly. The > Parkinson's patient whose condition is well > advanced, as Fox's is, essentially has to > choose between being able to move but not > having much control, and being rigid. > And he was in a near-completly rigid mode at the start of the interview. That is why he was shaking. The muscles were locking up constantly. By the end of the interview he was more relaxed and in control. You don't shake when you are relaxed. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
