Update update

Well, it goes on.

A few weeks ago, I noticed that my tremor had been going away a bit. Corresponding to this time span, my strength had returned a bit. I noted earlier that I was able to increase my push-ups to 25 or so. Now the last few days I see my tremor returning again, and as you might guess by now this also has corresponded to a decrease in the number of push-ups I can do- which has now returned to around 10. Also in this time I have noticed my left leg has been weaker again up near the hip. I have had brief stabs of pain in my left knee and foot. Prednisone has helped this left leg issue. Oh, and if that is not enough, my left arm also had some pain in the shoulder area followed by more weakness. Again the prednisone has helped this feel more normal.

This left leg issue is curious. I know in the past my doctors have been quick to point out that my right arm was weak because I did not use it as much as I used to, favoring my left arm instead. And then my left arm was growing weaker due to over-use. Well, the leg issue sort of shoots this theory down. It is not as easy as they may think, to favor a leg over the other one- even giving them that it might be possible to do this with the arms. If you walk on two legs, other than hopping on one foot, how would you favor one leg?

Recently I had to walk fairly quickly at least a quarter mile if not more. About halfway into this I felt my left leg start to fatigue a bit but kept on at a slightly slower pace. My left hip and upper thigh never recovered from that. The muscles still feel fatigued. My right leg feels much the way it usually did, except it still shakes when I try to exert it for long periods of time. People can see that I have a slight limp as I walk. Doctors especially, think that this limp is caused by pain. They assume it anyway. Nobody has asked me how it feels. There is not really pain as I walk anyway. It is just that the muscles of my left leg do not work the same as those on the right. This causes a bit of an extra swing of my left leg to make it go. That swing makes up for the lack of muscle control and makes me look a bit lopsided as I walk. Not all limps involve pain. This one is just to compensate for lack of muscle control in upper leg.