I have an appointment with my Norfolk neurologist at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital at 12pm today so, after drinking my two mugs of tea and nutriblast, walking the dog and helping our neighbour to install a new broadband router, I jump into my car and drive to Norwich. The traffic is heavy and there are a multitude of road works so, by the time that I’ve managed to park and then walk to the Neurology Outpatients department, I’m 10 minutes late and not in the best of moods.
Feeling a bit grumpy, I’m probably a little stroppy with my neurologist, particularly when he asks me how I am, and what medications am I taking. We have yet another discussion about my use of cannabis (rather than taking dopamine replacement pharmaceuticals) and he actually watches my video showing the effect that cannabis has upon my tremor. He promises to request cannabis for me from the Medical & Drugs Board, although he knows (as do I) that the chances of them approving it are zero. I’m going to go into more detail in my weekly vlog this Friday, so take a look over on my YouTube channel if you’re interested.
It’s raining steadily by the time I get back to Southrepps, which prevents me from doing any work down at the allotment or washing the car (or, should I say, gives me the perfect excuse) so I pop over to our neighbour’s for a cup of tea and a chat.