I had a fairly restless night. I wasn’t lying awake, just conscious of having been thrashing about a bit from time to time. It was only when I was getting dressed and went to change my device over to daytime settings, that I realised I hadn’t reduced the voltages last night when I came to bed. I could have sworn that I had done so, but my therapy controller tells no lies! At least that explains all of the thrashing around.
I knew that the aim of all of my wife’s efforts yesterday was to clear enough room in the dining room for a Christmas tree, so it wasn’t too much of a surprise when she announced that she would like to go to the smallholding next to Gunton Station this morning to buy a tree! So we drive the mile or so to Gunton Station and buy the smallest tree we can find (which is still quite a size), cram it into my wife’s little Seat Ibiza, and drive the mile or so back home (with a prickly branch stuck in my ear).
It’s a bit early (as far as we are concerned) to have the tree indoors and decorated, so my wife finds a pot to accommodate the roots, and makes our little tree comfortable out in the back garden.
Next on the agenda – visit my mother, and get some groceries. We drive to Stalham to see my mum, who is back home again following a brief stay in North Walsham Cottage Hospital. She seems much better than when we last saw her, so that’s reassuring. On the way back to North Walsham, we stop off at Wayford Bridge to check on the boat. The boat is still afloat, which is also reassuring! Final stop is Lidl for some groceries, and then we head back home.
I take the dog for her afternoon walk (before it gets too dark for her to see the grubby old tennis ball that she likes me to throw for her), and then light the fire before we sit down to have some dinner.
Still the same situation with my symptoms – tremor still breaking through, but not quite enough to make me turn the voltages up on my neurostimulator for fear of provoking dyskinesia. Dystonia – ditto! My voice seems a little stronger today, but my balance is still a bit pants. My mood and motivation have been stable for quite some time, now – long may that continue! Energy isn’t fantastic, but has been much, much worse. I’m going to self-medicate with a little cannabis and watch a little something on Netflix!