Allison Fisher - Parkinson’s disease - retiring from professional competition

One of my pool friends just told me about this. I felt this one. I have met her a few times, and took a class with her. I have photos with her, signed balls, and a signed cue. She will always give you time. What can i say, other than that Allison is a legend. I hope she does not beat herself up by thinking she is disappointing her fans by not being able to perform any longer, as she said she is feeling in the legends of the cue video. I can't think of anyone who has done more for pool than Allison.

I have a neighbor that has parkinsons. It got pretty bad and we saw the decline (shaking, struggle walking etc). He was on the medications, but He ended up leaving the country (we live in usa) to get a medical procedure done. He got some implant/stimulator in his head, and it changed his life. He is driving around and walking better. He was already very elderly, but it helped him a lot. Hopefully Allisons doctors know about this/ all options if or when the need comes.
Its not just the shaking that people relate with PD but so many other things like the ability to swallow and PD can affect your sleep as well as your mental well being. My old boss was getting real bad hallucinations, he would see things in the room that were not there, it was really taking a toll on him mentally.

McDermott GS Cues -- Where's the Love?

Sorry no love…
Who cares about old school shafts? Low deflection shafts have been around for 30 years, I won’t play with a standard maple shaft… I have many of them and sometimes for the kick of it, I’ll hit a few balls with them but for serious play, it's LD shafts only.

Second, can’t add extension to their cues (except for the H series), which in today’s world it’s a big no no.

I know that Americans love USA made products and I solute such approach but at the end of the day, the benefits should go both ways. Would you buy such a cue at this price if it was made in China?

You can get today so much more for $400
Sent my G413 in for a retrofit. Cost me an additional $75, and I have the quick-release extension. Well worth it.

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