I slept soundly last night, but I’m still feeling tired and my arms are aching so I won’t be doing anything physical today – I had in mind mowing the grass at the allotment or washing my car, but those tasks can wait for another day.
The most physical thing that I do today is to move the new Calor gas bottles (that were delivered a couple of weeks ago) into the storage area in the back garden, and that’s quite enough to be going on with!
I script a few questions for my interview with Norman Lamb next month, and respond to an email from Martha Orbach, the London based artist who watched my Deep Brain Stimulation operation last April and who is currently working on a project about Parkinson’s Disease and DBS – she wants to meet up to discuss her project the next time I visit London.
I spend the afternoon editing my neighbour’s safari holiday video – there surely can’t be much more of this? Tremor is in my left leg again, but it’s not too severe and it’s not impeding my progress. The only symptom that is bothering me is my voice, which is very weak and husky today, so I keep my mouth shut and get on with the editing.
While my wife goes out for a run this evening, I prepare my ratatouille type dish using one of our marrow-sized courgettes and an onion from our allotment, along with some tomatoes and half a bulb of garlic. My knife skills are much improved now that my tremor is under some sort of control, and I manage to chop all of the ingredients without cutting myself, but I struggle with muscular pain in my back from standing after about 10 minutes.
After dinner I crack open a bottle of Bishop’s Finger and self-medicate with a little cannabis.