HIGHLIGHTS MARCH 15 – MAY 15
- Arm swing – April 7, my arms swung automatically for the first time in at least five years, a wonderful sensation; waiting for a repeat.
- Fluid movement around the house – March 29 for about a week, and occasionally for an hour or so at random. In fact, today increased movement has come and gone since rising at six.
- Heartfelt connection and joy on the street – March 30, regularly for about ten days afterwards, and occasionally since.
- Sometime in February – my left knee stopped hurting.
- Voice – strong for a few days, weak for a couple. Repeat.
- Restless Leg Syndrome – same as voice.
- Tremor – mild except under stress, will disappear for hours at a time.
- Sleep – typically one or two hours deep, two to four hours awake, three or four hours very deep; two-thirds in bed, one-third in chair. Sometimes I sleep 6-8 hours straight.
- April 26 – strong experience of Du channel and Ying Tang (third eye), repeating almost daily since.
- Walking is also various, changing from minute to minute. Janet writes of the importance of imagining how it feels to walk. Just yesterday I understood the “feels”part of that. It’s not just about mechanics, but needs to include the emotional and spiritual aspects of movement as well.
- My friend Joan passed away about three years ago. For the last year of her life I called her every Sunday to talk. “Just because I’m dead doesn’t mean we’ll stop talking”, she said towards the end. She’s been knocking at my door to be admitted as an invisible Friend ever since, and a few weeks ago I finally acknowledged that and let her in. It’s been good.
- Before mid-March my arms would lock up to the point of falling asleep after talking with someone for a half hour or more. That no longer happens.
- Every incident above should be qualified with “most of the time”.
- May 13, I fell in the salotto. Roman was there. I wasn’t hurt but struck my head on the floor so we called emergency services. Everyone was very kind. They did blood analysis, checked blood pressure, EKG, MRI, and an x-ray. All was well (and covered fully by insurance, not even a signature was required). I was pretty wobbly and slow until this morning. Since then movement has (mostly) been freer than usual.
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