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To: Ray76; little jeremiah; STARWISE; GregNH; Candor7; ROCKLOBSTER

Ray, you certainly have covered the question of the time of day thoroughly.

the answer to her miraculous recovery might be here:

http://www.webmd.com/parkinsons-disease/tc/parkinsons-disease-and-freezing-topic-overview

In Parkinson’s disease, freezing (sometimes called motor block) is a sudden, brief inability to start movement or to continue rhythmic, repeated movements, such as finger-tapping, writing, or walking. Freezing most often affects walking, but it also can affect speech, writing, and the person’s ability to open and close his or her eyes. It tends to develop later in the course of the disease.

Freezing can be very disabling when it affects the way a person walks, causing the person to stop as though his or her feet suddenly have become glued to the floor. It can result in falls that cause serious injury, such as hip fracture. Freezing may occur at an open doorway (most common), at a line on the floor, or in crowds. It may be more likely to occur if the person is anxious or under stress.

There are several tricks you can learn to help you become “unfrozen” when a freezing episode occurs.
•Step towards a specific target on the ground. Some people use handheld laser pointers to create a target.
•Place a cane or walking stick on the floor in front of you (or have someone else do it) and then step over it.
•Make your first step a precise, stiff-legged, marching-type step, with a long stride.

These or other techniques may help you overcome freezing and get moving again. Specially trained dogs and special devices are available that can help you if freezing is a severe or frequent problem.

Apomorphine (Apokyn) is a fast-acting dopamine agonist that seems to be helpful in treating freezing associated with Parkinson’s disease. Apomorphine can be injected under the skin when muscles become “frozen.”


70 posted on 09/19/2016 2:35:49 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Fair Dinkum)
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To: Fred Nerks; Ray76

Thank you both for all efforts to ferret out the truth. (and to anyone else who provided insights/tidbits etc).


71 posted on 09/19/2016 3:34:06 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: Fred Nerks
> Step towards a specific target on the ground. Some people use handheld laser pointers to create a target.

Which explains why the "unknown man with the injector" is there. It was shown that the suspected injector was actually a small light. What didn't make sense was why this man with a penlight was always close by even in well lit areas. The light wasn't to illuminate, but to guide/unfreeze Clinton.

This is just one more indication that Parkinson's may be Clinton's illness.

75 posted on 09/19/2016 9:27:59 PM PDT by Ray76
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