It’s 365 days since our beautiful little granddaughter came into this world, and we are going over to Hevingham this evening to join in the present giving. I have quite a busy day ahead, and take the dog for her morning walk as soon as we get up this morning. My wife takes me to pick my car up from Autowerke first, and then dashes off to work – she has a job that has to be completed tomorrow, so she wants to crack on with it, and be able to get home at a reasonable time so that we can have dinner before going out this evening. I part with a large chunk of cash (my brother tells me that’s the price of having a flash car), and then pay a visit to Asda to buy some beer and other odds and sods. More money! A visit to the petrol station for a tankful of super-unleaded makes me wince as well! While I’m running around in Asda, I’m getting more and more tremor, so I turn both sides up to the maximum on my device (2.1v on the left and 2.4v on the right). I can feel the increased stimulation, and most of my tremor is banished. I must remember to turn it back down again later on. On the way home, I stop of at Lidl in North Walsham to pick up something for dinner (I was intending to pick up something in Asda, but I forgot. Lidl stuff is better quality, though, so that’s alright).
I get home and put the shopping away. The dog tells me off for leaving her alone. I finish off the fireplace shelving job (well almost – just have to stain and wax the wood).
I take the dog for her afternoon walk, and notice that my dystonia is markedly worse. It usually improves with stimulation, so I would have expected it to be better than this morning… Dyskinesia has not increased (as yet), and I’m very relieved about that. My balance is about the same, but my walking feels a little wooden and clumsy. My mood is fine, although I think I could be getting a little irritable – best not forget to reduce my voltages again. Motivation is good, and I’m itching to put the finishing touches to the fireplace shelves so that I can get on with making another video.
My wife arrives home – I’ve prepared dinner, for a change (okay, so it’s a ready-meal, but it’s the thought that counts). When we leave the house, I remember to change my device settings back (1.95v on the left, 2.15v on the right). To be honest, I don’t notice any great change in tremor, but hopefully I won’t have the bad mood that increased stimulation caused a few days ago.