”Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion!” – Muhammad Ali
When I woke this past Tuesday June 10th I realized I was not tremor free. I didn’t let myself get too worried or upset. The first thing that came to my mind was a saying my oldest brother has said to me a lot lately. “This too shall pass.” So I went about my day. Was it because I am nervous that my grown son is moving into an apartment with one of his buddies and I want it to work out for him? Is it because my anxiety is much better so it needs turned down? Could it be because Thursday June 13th it’s been two months since I lost my best friend and I struggle daily with that? I don’t know and it’s Saturday and I still don’t have it 100% figured out. I am really trying not to get discouraged, but am writing this post to let you know not every day is a good day after DBS. Sure I have a lot going on so it could be any of my issues or a combination of a couple. Other than the hands tremoring again I am having tingling in my left hand and I trouble with my speech. Before surgery I would have days where sometimes I struggled getting the words to say. I am having that again this week. It can be quite embarrassing . I also am having trouble with my walking and legs which I have neuropathy, so I try not to get too excited about it. Today is Saturday and I ran into a cupboard in my house. Not really hard so I am fine, but after you have DBS you have to be careful not to hit your head or have any accidents where you have a head trauma. With all the weather changes in this beautiful state of Ohio I have also struggled with my asthma. With that being said I have had to take a lot of breathing treatments. I guess that could have a little something to do with it as well. I have four different programs on my device so I have been trying each one through the week and tweaking the strength to see if I can hit a perfect again. I’m not far from it, but just can’t seem to get there right now. Now after sharing all of that I want to let you know just because I am having a bad week the tremor is still not as bad as before surgery. I thought it was important to share that. So I am still glad that I had it and wouldn’t change anything. I would do it all again as the good has way outweighed the bad. So I will continue today and the next with tweaking it and see what I can do. Until next time.