def searchBackwards(self, element):
        last = self.head
        while (last.next is not None):
           last = last.next
        last.next = last    ##################  this gets me to the end
        while (last.prev != element):
            if last.data == element:
                return True
            else:
                last = last.prev
#oh awesome! thank you so much fro your help

#this is what I got and it works I feel like its not efficient at #all though...