I slept well again, getting off to sleep without too much trouble (cannabis helped!) and not waking until around 6.30am. My wife and I both get up just after 7am, and my wife prepares my morning cuppa and Nutriblast before dashing off to work.
I have quite a lot that I would like to achieve today. I want to finish editing my CBD oil review video, get it uploaded to my YouTube channel and published. I also want to try to record (on video) the current state of my tremors, balance, walking and gait, along with some form of commentary on my “invisible” symptoms – I’m keen to start trying the mannitol that I purchased recently, but need to be able to pinpoint any changes in my condition. My tremor is really not great today, mind you. It is breaking through on both sides (left leg and right arm), and the only thing that’s stopping me from making adjustments to my neurostimulator is the fact that my dyskinesia is a lot worse today, also. For the first time in a long time I find myself fighting the twitch in my right arm, trying (unsuccessfully) not to spill my cup of tea.
I’m busily editing my review video when I get a phone call from my eldest nephew wanting to call around to see me. Of course, I said “yes”! We have a cup of tea/coffee and a chinwag whilst playing music videos on YouTube and catching up on events since we last saw each other. When I offer him another cup of coffee, he suggests that we pop into The Vernon Arms for a beer, and it seems churlish to refuse – he is such a bad influence! While enjoying a pint of Abbot Ale, we play a game of pool (very badly) and I win in spite of my shaking.
After he departs, I finish off the video and upload it to YouTube just as my wife arrives home from work. Perhaps today wasn’t the best day to record my symptoms anyway…