Please note… as I’m writing this, my right arm is sore from playing Boom Blox on the Wii for a few hours over the past two days… so, my arm is jelly and typos may be abundant.
Anyhow, the other day, my wife had a client come to get their haircut and turned out that they had worked with neurological disorders. The discuss turned towards me and how I tend to shake went trying to do fine-motor skills.
- Flashback… I had already asked my regular Dr about the possibilities of having Parkinson’s, but that was pretty much ruled out as I don’t shake all the time or during regular tasks (like drinking a glass of water).
Well, turns out that after just a brief discussion, it may be that I have something known as Essential Tremor Syndrome. This person recommended a doctor that works out of USF’s College of Medicine that I will probably be going to see sometime soon.
I’ve been dealing with these tremors for the past 15 years or so, but never thought much of it. I noticed it mostly when practicing sharp-shooting when I thought I wanted to work for law enforcement (had already taken a pre-test and passed with flying colors). Having tremors when trying to focus on sniping put a REAL hamper on this prospect, so I gave up the dream to work for the law.
Over the years, the tremors would creep up whenever I was working with small things… actually, I just remembered something… I must have had these tremors even earlier than I thought as I remember friends asking why my hands shook when playing the piano. I would just say that I must be nervous (but I wasn’t) and leave it at that. hmm… interesting.
…oh well…
I posted a message on twitter about this (my tweets feed to my Facebook) about the experience my wife had and two friends from High School chimed in… one saying that he also suffered from ET and another sent me a link to the USF webpage (I didn’t know that was the same place Miranda was told about until later). I checked to see if they were covered by my insurance and it looks like they ARE.
My wife is always looking out for me. I’m so lucky to have found someone who cares enough about me to notice my “differences” and helps me to try and get them treated. Without her, I’m certain that I would be alone for the rest of my life… mostly because of my desire to stay home and not be around people because of my quirks.
oh… remember how I mentioned playing “Boom Blox” at the top of this post? Well, it’s REALLY aggravating for me because it deals with aiming the Wii-remote at tiny little blocks on the screen…. something that someone like myself has trouble doing to begin with! LOL
Cheers!
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