20220418 : the spectacle each evening
When I sit on the wheelchair in the evening, I move my right leg a few times. The leg will be lying lifeless. I can't feel it or move it initially. I have to lift it a few times using my left leg and move it a few times. It sometimes responds and sometimes not. If it doesn't work, I have to leave it alone for sometime and try again later. At some point it stiffens when lifted. It still doesn't know how to loosen - so have to rely on gravity to bring it back down slowly. After that, very slowly, I am able to lift it a few times - relying on gravity each time to bring it back down. It's a amusing thing to experience and watch happening. However, that is what I can see. The real action and spectacle is happening in the brain actually. When I am unable to feel the leg, the neurons are not connected. The passive movements and the intention means it is causing the neurons to frantically be trying to find a path - running helter-skelter, through trial and error each time. Some...