Card – check! Flowers – check! Chocolates – check!
Okay, I’m ready for Valentine’s Day.
I am determined to start filming my “DBS on/DBS off” video today. Even so, it’s mid-afternoon before I have decided upon the shots I am going to take, cleared the dining table and set up the camera and tripod. I turn my DBS off and start shaking for the camera. I try mapping my tremor again, trying to draw a straight line (freehand, with no support to my hand or arm) alongside a ruled line, then I try drawing a spiral (again, freehand, with no support to my hand or arm). I produce a sample of my handwriting, and then attempt my signature – both are appalling!
I switch my DBS back on again. Phew! What a relief!
I repeat the previous exercises with the benefit of a couple of volts of electricity and, although my handwriting isn’t great and my signature is a scrawl, the difference is absolutely amazing. I had been noticing some tremor breaking through in my right arm and my left leg this morning – this really puts it all into perspective.
I clear the filming paraphernalia out of the way, and then the dog takes me out for some exercise. The day has passed in a flash, and I really don’t feel that I have done very much. I have done something, though, and that’s the main thing. I split some logs, fill the log basket and lay the fire for this evening.
I chill the champagne, wrap the chocolates and wait for my wife to return from work.