Hi Leonore, from Haverhill MA where I live all the time.

You bring up a good point, and I've wondered that myself. For years I've suffered from various pinched nerves in my neck, back, and other jointed places. I think this has to do with the twisting that our body is doing with the bouts of dystonia and the overall stiffness that PD is putting our bodies into.

The mind games are swell aren't they? I was doing quite well until a couple of weeks ago with my medication increase. I spoke with my neuro on Wednesday about some BPV and told her about some dystonia in my arms, hands and feet that was occurring more and more frequent along with more and more stiffness overall.

What seems to work for a while then doesn't work is the most frustrating thing because we begin to feel "normal" again only to have the PD evil gods take that little bit away from us once again. It's as though they know when we're back to normal again and want to keep us under their thumbs.

The Scrabble games must be fun. I haven't played that in years. They're good for the mind as they make us think harder to keep the cells in order and in shape. I can't imagine what the games are like. The one thing that is bothering with the PD thing is the loss of written vocabulary. I seem to be losing my words more and more as I write so that sometimes I come across as a complete twit. It's a good thing there are online dictionaries available because they help me with my spelling and word use. So keeping the brain juices flowing with the Scrabble games is a good thing.

John