We awaken to another grey and cold day, and the rain is falling steadily. Depressing! I’d stay in bed all day if it were left to me, but my wife is up and putting the kettle on, so I reluctantly crawl from beneath the duvet and get myself dressed. I set my neurostimulator back to its daytime voltages, and head downstairs.
We drink our tea, coffee and Nutriblasts and wait for a break in the weather so that we can take the dog for her morning leg stretch. Luckily the dog has a cast iron bladder, because it doesn’t stop raining until gone 11am, and it resumes soon afterwards.
I’m feeling that my tremor is much closer to the surface on the Group “A” settings than it was on Group “B”. I’m resisting the temptation to self-medicate with cannabis because I want to try the Charlotte’s Web CBD oil that I have been sent by the Polish website, and don’t want anything else to be in my system. Mind you, I’m probably not going to sample the oil until Monday, because I want a decent window in my schedule in case it gets me too relaxed! Dystonia in my right foot is also more prominent on these settings – not enough to be truly uncomfortable, but enough to be annoying. My balance seems a little better today, but I notice that my walking (when I was out walking the dog) is not great.
I brave the weather to replenish the log basket, and then light the fire. I’m all for sitting by the woodburner for the afternoon, but my wife reminds me that we need to get some groceries, and she also wants to pop in to see her mum and dad. So, I allow myself to be dragged out of the house (kicking and screaming) and we head off to Lidl in North Walsham.
After Lidl (which was packed – remind me not to go shopping on a Saturday in future!), we head off to Worstead to see my wife’s parents. One chin-wag and a beer later, we emerge into the darkness (it’s 6pm) and head off home to have our evening meal, re-light the fire, walk the dog (it’s still raining, and she doesn’t want to go out in it) and then chill out in front of the telly (Netflix).