I’m awake early again (6am), and can’t get back to sleep (and I did try!), so I get up at 8am. It’s a miserable, grey, rainy day and it is forecast to rain all day today, so progressing any further with the boxes for my fireplace shelves is out of the question. I would like to get on with producing another video for my YouTube channel, but the house is in a bit of a state because everything from the dining room is currently stacked in the lounge. I spend some time clearing a space for the filming, and then write a script about the beneficial effect of cannabis on my Parkinson’s tremor. It’s 1.30pm and I’m just about to start filming, when I remember that my car is booked in for its MOT re-test at 1.30pm today… I leave the house in a panic, and drive as quickly as I’m able to Fairview Garage in Smallburgh. Luckily they are able to perform the re-test, even though I’m half an hour late, and my car passes, and the vital certificate is issued.
When I get home, it’s still lashing it down with rain. Our dog declines the offer of a walk for the second time today, and I get myself organised for filming (again). The first piece requires me to turn my DBS off so that I can show how my tremor is without any medication whatsoever. Tremor appears in double quick time, and I’m surprised at how violent it is. Dystonia also increases beyond what I expect – most uncomfortable! I do the required pieces to camera in three takes, (although I’m fairly sure that the first take was okay in any case), and set about importing the video from my camera to my MacBook for editing.
The dog decides that she needs to go for a wee in spite of the wet weather, so I don my coat, grab an umbrella and take her over to the field by the village hall for a quick 5 minutes.
By the time my wife gets home from work, I’m completing a rough cut of the edit, and hoping that I can publish the completed video this evening. My wife reviews my rough edit and tells me that it’s looking good. Symptom-wise, everything seems much the same as yesterday (apart from when I had my DBS off), aside from my voice, which is a little weak tonight (my wife says that I’m quiet).
A shopping trip to Lidl in North Walsham takes care of the next hour or so, and it’s apparent that my attempts to finish my video this evening are a little ambitious. Tomorrow, maybe…