I receive a phone call from Aldborough Surgery telling me that they have a blood pressure monitor for me to collect -my blood pressure was slightly high when they took it recently, and they want me to take readings at home, twice a day for the next week. So, after walking the dog I drive over to Aldborough and collect the machine. I note that (on my first attempt) my blood pressure is higher than it should be, but not officially classified as abnormally high – hopefully I can log some more “normal” readings over the coming week, otherwise (no doubt) they will want to prescribe something to tackle it.
My wife is expecting a representative from one of the companies that she orders fabric from (for her soft furnishings business) to visit us late this afternoon, so I make sure that the house is clean and tidy, dog walked, wellies and dog walking paraphernalia stashed out of sight, etc. The representative arrives just before 5pm, and it’s after 7pm by the time she departs.
Symptom check – balance and walking are reasonably okay; voice is weak and strangling my sentences; tremor in my left leg is intermittent, but not too much of a problem; muscular weakness in my legs is still causing me to struggle standing up; muscular weakness and stiffness in my right arm is definitely improved (pain-wise) by a little cannabis.
Dinner, beer, a little (more) cannabis and an early night.