I’m determined to sort out a few technical issues on my blog today. I haven’t been able to load any photos to the blog for weeks now, and it’s starting to niggle me. I have spent hours searching online forums for information and made pointless change after pointless change to system files. Finally I try changing a setting that appears totally unrelated to the problem, and Hey Presto it’s working again!
The dog is keeping her head down again – it’s raining again, hurling it down for hour after hour and she wants none of it. That suits me as well – even when I’m feeling motivated (and I’m not) I can’t say I really enjoy dog walking in a monsoon. Also my balance is a bit dodgy this morning – I’ve had to catch myself several times this morning and generally feel a bit unsteady. Dystonia is playing up in my right foot as well, and this really doesn’t help with the balance issue! Dyskinesia? Absolutely! It’s getting a little worse as well. The dyskinesia in my neck is slightly more noticeable, but not bad enough to make me turn the voltage down on my neurostimulator. Moan, moan, moan!
I consider self-medicating with cannabis, but decide to wait until later in the day.
The rain eventually stops just after 2pm, and the dog and I get a little exercise.
I chat to a Facebook contact about her upcoming DBS operation, and hope that I have been some sort of help to her. I wasn’t concerned about my operation at all, but then maybe I’m not normal! “Watch the operation on YouTube” I urged her, “it’s very reassuring”. And I sincerely think that it is. But what if it freaks her out? I’d feel terrible knowing that I had caused someone additional stress… She seems level headed though, and I’m (almost) certain she will find it helpful!
Thoughts of self-medication arise, and I succumb. Tremor suppression and dystonia reduction is always good – shame about the bloody dyskinesia!