It looks to be a bright Spring-like day when we get up just after 8.30am, but by 10am it has clouded over and is spitting with rain. A quick check of the weather forecast shows that there is to be no progress on re-felting the roof of my wife’s workshop today – it is scheduled to rain all day. I really didn’t want any more water to get into the unprotected roof, especially since I stripped it all back yesterday, so I’m fretting about it (a bit).
My wife and I take trays of broad bean and radish seedlings up to our allotment, and get them planted out. The broad bean seedlings, in particular, seem to have grown overnight from being a couple of inches high to being 6 inches high – they’re looking extremely healthy, but are fast becoming root-bound in their little seedling pots. We cover the bean plants over with plastic poly-tunnels, and then I leave my wife to plant out the radishes while I return home to split some logs for the fire, and to give downstairs a quick going-over with the vacuum cleaner.
Left leg tremor is bothering me (again), although it is well under control in my left arm and on my right hand side – I’m going to try some of the Charlotte’s Web Everyday Plus CBD oil that the Polish medicinal marijuana website sent to me, and see if that will calm it down. I know that a little cannabis will do the trick, but I don’t really want to have the “high” that accompanies it, at least not during the day. Dystonia and dyskinesia are also under control and my voice seems to be okay, but my walking is total pants and my balance is a little wonky.
My wife disappears off to Hevingham again, to finish off clearing tree trimmings from her youngest son’s back garden, leaving me in charge of lighting the fire and walking the dog (and tweeting from the @parkinsons52 Twitter account – my last day in the hot seat!). I also start doing some research for next week’s vlog, which is going to be about communication difficulties faced by people with Parkinson’s. I take some of the Charlotte’s Web CBD oil, and within the hour my left leg tremor has moderated.