I’m rudely awakened after less than 5 hours sleep – my son is calling me on my mobile phone. Disaster! He stayed in Southampton at his grandfather’s house after the Jimmy Eat World concert last night (rather than driving back to Dorset when he was tired), and was driving back home this morning to go to work when he had an altercation with another vehicle on a roundabout in Blandford Forum (he pulled out in front of another car) and wrote his car off. He is (understandably) very upset. I sympathise, but there’s very little I can offer (other than advice) from 250 miles away.
Once awake, I can’t get back to sleep – especially when my phone is ringing repeatedly with my son wanting to know my opinion on this and that (insurance, the police, getting his car recovered). My wife and I decide to get out of bed and get on with the day.
I still have some left leg tremor, and some dystonia and dyskinesia on my right side, but my balance is definitely my worst symptom today – not sure if it’s just because I’m so tired, but I’m guessing that’s the case. I also have a persistent dull headache that is definitely due to being tired. We have to go out to Norwich to collect an item of shopping that we ordered online, and I really don’t feel up to it – we resolve to go out and do what we have to do today, and have a day of doing nothing tomorrow.
I have a sharp pain in the middle of my right kneecap, which makes itself known when I climb the stairs. I have had it before, and always dismissed it as old age catching up on me. I’m wondering now if it’s related to my stimulation (I never had it prior to DBS) – to be monitored!