This week’s vlog is about the progression of Parkinson’s Disease – a subject that is close to my heart (and constantly in my thoughts – especially on a Friday, when I lament the deterioration of my voice). I switch my neurostimulator over to group “B” settings – I’m still uncertain whether my voice is clearer on these settings, but it certainly isn’t any worse. I also try drinking some lemon and ginger tea, which seems to help a little.
I film myself with only 32 takes (I’m happy if I have less than 40 takes) but I’m very unhappy with my clarity of speech – I think that my voice is so slurred that I sound drunk, even though I’m trying to slow my speech down, project my voice and enunciate carefully (as instructed by my speech therapist). I have an appointment with my London neurologist in a fortnight, so it’ll be interesting to see if she can improve my speech by adjusting the programming of my DBS…