I decided yesterday that today was going to be a very lazy day of doing as little as possible and recovering from the last couple of days, which have been pretty hectic.
In line with this, we have a mega lie-in and don’t get out of bed until well after 11am – feels so decadent! Even the dog wants a rest – she’s usually asking for her breakfast if we’re still in bed at 8am, but she stays asleep in her bed until she hears us getting up.
It’s definitely weather for staying indoors and doing nothing – it’s raining the kind of fine rain that gets you the wettest, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to stop any time soon. My wife takes the dog for her morning walk (she doesn’t really want to go – the dog, that is, not my wife!) while I get some more wood in from the back garden, and light the woodburner. All I want to be doing today is chilling by the fire.
I’m still very off balance (from time to time) and really think it’s related to me being tired, so I’m hoping it will improve over the next day or two. I’m still suffering with this stabbing pain in my right knee, which I think might be related to my DBS – if it’s still a problem tomorrow, I’m going too change over from Group “B” settings to Group “A” for a little while, just to see if it makes a difference. I have some left leg tremor again, and from time to time tremor takes over my right arm. Dystonia is here in my right foot, but it’s no worse than yesterday. Dyskinesia is also here in my right arm, but it only really bothers me when I’m getting up from the sofa (I do quite a good windmill impression), and I don’t intend to do very much of that today! My mood and motivation are still fairly good. Energy is a bit on the low side at the moment.
Aside from taking the dog out for her afternoon outing (in between rain showers), I remain sitting in the lounge, occasionally piling some more wood into the woodburner, and playing Jimmy Eat World, Twenty One Pilots and Foo Fighters on the Sonos system. I truly have had a very lazy day…