improvements are holding

May 26, 2002

Today I threw caution to the wind and took the buscopan on waking. Then

watched the Monaco GP. for the first time in many years I could enjoy the

bright scarlet of the Ferrari. Perhaps the dilation of the pupils

associated with Hyocsine are giving me back some of the ability to see the

colours as they are meant to be seen. Blurriness is unchanged and

focusing/depth of vision is no better. I'm looking forward to painting

later today. The ones I did paint look very different from the last time I

looked at them. The vertigo is still at bay. I can do some of my dance

exercises standing up without pitching over, walking is better too (clumsy

feet still botch it up and I still get waves of woozy - OH is the

same). The ringing in my ears is faint and I can enjoy sound as well as

silence. I fell asleep last night without needing the TV on. My heart

pounds a bit heavily (but doc says my heart can take it, it's a healthy

heart). Apparently it is also available in a twelve hour patch. I am

smoking far less, perhps because life is just more enjoyable and I need

less distraction. I did quite a bit of searching on the net about this and

other than the purists considering it a narcotic/abuse issue I see no

downside. I have enough to last me till Wednesday. Hopefully the

work-action by doctors will not prevent me getting a refill - stupid

government has made it an offence to give out refills without an office

visit. One more benefit, the gut wrenching cramps usually associated with

BM are far less, I could actually not lie down for a half hour after

waiting for the pain to die down. I'm just happy I can reach and stretch

my arms over my head while standing and not fall over and feel sick, wow.

aletta mes

vancouver, bc Canada

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