So, last time I wrote something, I wrote about how my shaking tremors were getting so bad that I was in constant pain.
Well, I was finally able to talk to my doctor about it more, and since I was responding well enough to the other medicine, and I don’t have a history of asthma or the like, he could prescribe me something more for the shaking.
And it has been night and day.
An hour after taking these, I was able to walk straight, without my knees wobbling and feeling like they were going to pull themselves into the wrong directions with each step. I was waiting for the train home, and I could literally feel the instant it kicked in. I was walking along the yellow line on the platform, and just suddenly, I didn’t feel like I was going to fall, I was able to stand up straight, and hold my phone without fear of dropping it randomly.
It was surreal, to go from being jerked around like a puppet on a string to just not moving unless I wanted to.
I think I started crying on the platform, sitting and waiting for the train, it was such a relief. Luckily, no one bothers you when you’re the foreigner, but I’m sure I got some odd looks. But I don’t care. The tremors have all but abated, and while the drugs make me stupid tired (if you’ve ever had to take like 2-3 Benadryl’s, it feels exactly like that) and a little foggy headed, it is worth it.
The down side is, I have to take it every 6 hours on the hour, or the shaking comes back with a vengeance, but I honestly don’t care right now. I wake up shaking, having trouble with my coffee some mornings, but I don’t mind, because I know in an hour or so it will end. There’s a light at the end of my tunnel in the mornings.
I sleep a lot, naps aren’t uncommon, but I was assured I should get used to the meds in a few months and it will be easier.
So, I’m slowly starting to get my life back on track. More meds = more cost monthly for doctors, but I really don’t care right now. I can make things. I can clean the house. I can function like a human should.I’m even starting to teach a class weekly at a factory near by, so I get to learn all about how giant tankers are built, which I think is super interesting. There’s a park overlooking the shipyard, and when we moved here, I would go walk up there and watch them, it’s fascinating.
I have some new sewing projects to post shortly, too, so I promise I’ll be more active here. On another pleasant note, I have a baby tomato in my little balcony garden!
That’s such wonderful news about the medication busting your tremors! It’s so good finding something that helps, even if it only helps one thing or it helps a bunch of things a little bit.
Oh wow I am SO happy for you!! It was frustrating being on the sidelines as you tried this and that and it failed you, I can’t imagine how frustrating it must have been for you. And what wonderful relief! Like the moment my headache lifts (if I can get the right painkillers!).
That is exactly it! The pain that just kind of suddenly stops, and you realize just how bad it was!
I was looking forward to golden week, too, but of course that’s when colds hit 🙁 We need a redo on it sometime lol