I thought I had a very disturbed night’s sleep, but my Fitbit begs to differ. I recall being awake a multitude of times, but it seems I was wrong – I actually had a brilliant, undisturbed night of sleep until just after 7.30am, when I tossed and turned until I finally got up at 8am. I guess my recollection of a disturbed night is solely based upon that final 25 minutes or so…
I’m determined to write the script (or at least make a start on it) for my “DBS Side Effects” video. I drink my tea and Nutriblast, and start going through my notes. It’s a miserable, gloomy day here in Southrepps; pouring down with rain, which doesn’t look like it’s going to stop any time soon. The dog keeps her head down – she never wants to go out when it’s raining.
I make sure that I don’t miss PopMaster today, and then a little while later the rain stops, the sun comes out and the dog looks at me expectantly. Wellies on, the dog (not wearing wellies) and I trudge around the soggy playing field by the village hall.
When we get back indoors, and I’ve towelled the dog dry, I get on with the task of scripting my video. My tremor is still being a bit of a nuisance, but my adjustments of yesterday seem to have had some sort of effect, because it has certainly improved. I might be tempted to increase the left hand side voltage a little more later on… Everything else seems pretty stable – no changes in dyskinesia or dystonia, balance or mood. My motivation appears to be a little better today – whether that’s due to the change in voltage or not is anyone’s guess.
I have, at least, made a good start on the script. I haven’t done as much as I had wanted to, but at least it’s a start…