A lousy, uncomfortable, fractured night’s sleep. At least, that’s my verdict! My Fitbit says I slept pretty well, with only a couple of restless periods through the night. I beg to differ! Perhaps it just seemed like I was tossing and turning and thrashing around with dyskinesia in my right arm and leg (and yes, I did turn my neurostimulator down before getting into bed last night!), but I felt like I had been awake half the night. My wife was up and out of the house before I got out of bed just after 8am.
I adjusted my neurostimulator to my daytime voltages, drank my morning cuppa (kindly brewed by my wife before she left for work), read the Metro online, and then walked the dog before PopMaster.
I have been analysing my knee pain a little bit more – I have been suffering with a sharp pain in my right knee since changing from Group “A” settings to Group “B”. I changed my settings back to Group “A” to see if the knee pain was settings-related, and had just about decided that it wasn’t, until yesterday… I wrote that I had had a pain-free day yesterday, and I thought the same was true of today, but when I focus on my various aches and pains, then I notice that there is still some knee pain. It’s not the “knife in the kneecap” pain that I was experiencing, but still there in the background all the same. I’ll persevere with Group “A” settings for a little longer, and see if the pain will go altogether.
I don’t achieve very much today, and I’m feeling very lazy. I do the bare minimum around the house – get the logs in, light the fire, empty the dishwasher, take the dog for (another) walk and vacuum downstairs – and spend the rest of the time surfing the internet and toasting myself in front of the woodburner. Oh! I did put the recycling bin out for collection this morning, and brought it back in after the lorry had been (I know – big, fat, hairy deal!). I don’t think it’s my motivation deserting me again, I think it’s just because it’s grey and cold outside, and so much nicer sitting by the fire.
your sharp knee pain may be arthritis. I’ve been known to have spurts of this, pre-DBS, and it was always after I spent a long time in the car, perhaps because of the angle my knee was in for a long burst of time. I was told by my doctor that I had arthritis in my knee and that was what was causing it. Interesting that it occurred after your concert marathon, may be related?
I hadn’t considered that… I’ll certainly bear it in mind – if changing my settings back to Group “B” doesn’t cause it to return, then I guess I’ll visit my GP next time it occurs.