I hardly slept last night. Well, actually, I did – it just didn’t feel like it! I was awake many times during the night, in discomfort with this damned pain in my right chest. Eventually (around 5am) I change my settings from Group “B” to Group “A” (1.9v on the left, 1.7v on the right), just in case this pain is related to my settings. I manage a couple of hours sleep, and am awake again around 7am with dyskinesia in my right arm – now that’s definitely settings related! I leave my device on Group “A” settings for the time being – the chest pain is still bothering me.
Downstairs, I’m finding it very difficult to initiate movement without squawking in pain like a baby. I’ve decided that I must have pulled a muscle – probably while throwing the ball for the dog – it feels like muscle pain, nothing serious. I change my settings back to Group “B” (2.15v on the left, 2.2v on the right) because Group “A” is causing dyskinesia and isn’t controlling the tremor in my right arm very well.
My wife drafts an advert for her soft furnishings business, to run in our local community magazine, The Mardler. I take the dog for a walk/stumble (my walking’s not great at the moment). Dystonia is also bothersome at the moment – I should probably increase the right hand voltage on my device, but I’m trying to let my settings settle for a while before making any adjustments. My balance seems quite good at the moment, which is strange, because it usually goes hand-in-hand with how good (or bad) my walking is.
I go out to Bank Boats at Wayford Bridge this afternoon – I need to pay for the repairs that they have recently done to my boat – and then I pay my mum a visit in Stalham. She seems a lot better than the last time I saw her (she has advanced Parkinson’s Disease), so that’s good!
I’m still struggling with the chest pain when I get home – I think I’ll take a couple of co-codamol after dinner, and then get an early night.