Bright sunshine greets us this morning – makes a change from the ominous black clouds and torrential downpours of recent weeks. I feel quite positive this morning and I’m thinking of getting down the allotment this afternoon to do some more weeding and perhaps strim the grass again – it was looking pretty overgrown when I went down there earlier this week.
First things first! Cup of tea and Nutriblast. Check my email. Read the Metro online. Take the dog for her morning walk. Popmaster! Start the car and charge the battery a little.
I spend 20 minutes weeding the front “garden” – I can hardly believe how quickly the dreaded creeper grows and takes over. My tremor is starting to get stronger in my right arm (it’s already quite prominent in my left leg, but I’m dealing with that okay) so I change my device to Group ‘B’ settings. Immediate relief on the tremor front, minor dyskinesia in my neck, minor dyskinesia in my right arm. Bearable! All my other symptoms (balance, gait, speech, dystonia, stiff and weak muscles) are stable and manageable. It’s a pretty good day.
I spend almost 2 hours at the allotment, strimming the overgrown paths and trying to reduce the number of weeds attempting to strangle the onions and potatoes. When I finish I am exhausted, but I still manage to take the dog for her afternoon walk.
I have a bath because I’m covered in green mush (from strimming long grass, nettles and other assorted weeds), and because I’m aching all over. I then have a sit out in the garden with a couple of pints of apple juice – desperately trying to rehydrate. I empty the dishwasher and vacuum downstairs before my wife arrives home from work. I feel I have achieved today!
After dinner I revert to Group ‘A’ settings on my neurostimulator because the dyskinesia in my right arm is increasingly problematic.