Had a severe leg cramp in the night. It woke me up, but after awhile it settled down and as I tried to get back to sleep, I suffered three myoclonic-like spasms. There is no pain with the spasms, they are just annoying. Everyone has them but they are usually not serial spasms. The spasm jerks you out of your twilight zone and you waken but you are able to get back to sleep. Not so with serial spasms. After three of them, by 4:30AM, I was wide awake so I went for a walk.
These walks, which would normally bore me silly, are made more interesting because of the music on my ipod. I listen to Leonard Cohen, Roch Voisine, The Commitments, King Biscuit Boy and a young Canadian singer, Sebastian Pigott. The music helps me (a) set a pace and (b) keep from being bored out of my mind. The hour passes quickly.
The third neurologist, a specialist in movement disorders, confirmed to me that there is a school of thought, including him, that believes that vigorous exercise can slow the progression of PD. He approved of my exercise regime. You never know, maybe it will slow the progression. Of course, even when the foremost scientists all agree on something, they could still be wrong...... but why take the chance?
So now to itunes and some more music to keep me going.
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