I am still very shaky today, and dyskinesia is still making me very cautious as I drink my morning cup of tea. Dystonia is under control. Balance isn’t so bad, but walking is a little stilted today. My mood, motivation and energy have all been pretty good for the last few weeks. Rigidity and muscular weakness and stiffness are bothering me at the moment, but all seem to be (marginally) better than they were last week. My wife takes the dog out before she goes to work, so that’s one thing I don’t have to worry about doing this morning.
It’s Vlog day, so I need to come up with a subject, and then write a script of some sort. I decide to write about how important exercise is for people with Parkinson’s, and settle down on the sofa with my iPad to scribble a few notes.
By the time I have finished the script, filmed myself, imported the raw footage to my MacBook and edited my vlog, it’s time to take the dog for her afternoon walk. So we go over to the playing field by the village hall, and I chuck the ball for her for a little while. It’s starting to get dark by the time we get back home, so I start uploading my vlog to my YouTube channel and then get the wood splitting axe out of the garden shed and spend 15 minutes or so splitting logs and filling the log basket for this evening’s fire.
I light the fire and put away my vlog paraphernalia (camera, tripod, various leads and equipment stands) so that the lounge is tidy and snug for when my wife gets home from work. My tremor is still bothering me, so I decide to self-medicate with a little cannabis, and that helps me to relax.