tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048673308080563667.post1176766610481842865..comments2013-04-26T09:34:08.941-04:00Comments on Scratch One Life: Timor Tremoris Conturbat MeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048673308080563667.post-27038040122797976522013-01-30T19:08:13.353-05:002013-01-30T19:08:13.353-05:00I think your friend has what is called an "es...I think your friend has what is called an "essential tremor" which is a doctor way of saying "a tremor that you're stuck with." It's awesome to hear that he found a way to manage it. I have certainly noticed that I can move in a way that I think of as prowling, or very deliberately, or using a particular quality of motion, and that causes less of a tremor.<br /><br />Of course, I wouldn't dream of doing anything that smacked of moral turpitude, like taking federally banned narcotics, but I do recall one of the Mt. Sinai medicos warning against cannabis. I'm buggered if I can recall why though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15694106554815909544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048673308080563667.post-3104698318269783152013-01-30T11:42:57.368-05:002013-01-30T11:42:57.368-05:00It should be "hands' position" - ba...It should be "hands' position" - bah. Crave an edit function!Tom Ritchfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009479916609344352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048673308080563667.post-69004219683660047352013-01-30T11:40:54.183-05:002013-01-30T11:40:54.183-05:00Well, you're a braver man than I am. There...Well, you're a braver man than I am. There's never been one point when I was comfortable with the idea of dying - in fact, when I'm sick and miserable I always tell myself, "Well, this is loads better than being dead."<br /><br />Someone said once that life is interesting and death is peaceful - it's only the transition that's troublesome. Perhaps so, but I am alive now, I enjoy perceiving things, and I see that there's a point in future where I shan't be perceiving things, and that's difficult to take.<br /><br />The intention tremor is an "interesting"(*) symptom. I note that cannabis has been helpful in treating it - a drug which might have some positive effects on your mood as well. The "tremor" (it's pretty slow for a tremor) seems to be caused by oversteer - your attempts to correct your hands position end up creating periodic motions in your hands. <br /><br />I have seen some amazing recoveries from supposedly unrecoverable diseases. <br /><br />The one that's most relevant to you is a friend of mine who was born with a condition where motor muscles continually fire at random - a "universal tremor" to coin a phrase (I don't remember the real term, I moved and have lost track of him). Usually people with this never make it out of a wheelchair. His grandfather, a doctor, spent thousands of hours working with him, helping him learn to to use his muscles. He worked out a crazy but very effective solution where his muscle pairs are constantly both in tension, even when he moves. As an adult, he's built like a tank, and makes an excellent living as a high-end mechanic for luxury cars. Once he told us this story, we got to touch his muscles - as predicted, each one is taut all the time. Wild! <br /><br />And you can't see any tremor on him at all. He moves like a cat - or a powerful machine.<br /><br />Just a data point....<br /><br />(* - You never want your doctor to say how "interesting" some aspect of your health is...)Tom Ritchfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009479916609344352noreply@blogger.com