--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- 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. My brother-in-law has parkinson. He doesn't move as much as Michael J. Fox, but he is very stiff and slow moving. It's a really nasty disease. Lack of the neurotransmitter dopamine due to destruction of the substantia nigra in the brain that produces dopamine. > > > > > > > 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 > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business (http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com) 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/
