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Today marks the start of National Essential Tremor awareness month. Some of you may be wondering, what is that? There are an estimated 1 million people in the UK who have ET and an estimated 10 million in the US alone. It's considered to be the most common neurological movement disorder, potentially 8-10 times more common than Parkinson's disease. Yet surprisingly not many people have heard of it. Essential tremor is a chronic condition characterised by involuntary, rhythmic tremor of a body part, most typically the hands and arms. Essential tremor is considered a slow progressive disorder and, in some people, may eventually involve the head, voice, tongue (with associated dysarthria), legs, and trunk. However, in many people, the disorder may be relatively non-progressive. The tremor may be mild throughout life. I consider myself to be one of the lucky ones (so far). I can remember displaying symptoms as far back as my early teens, but thankfully compared to many my symptoms have been mild and consistently so. Even so I've become a master at masking them, as professionally, because of the lack of awareness people have about ET, often assumptions are made based on what they see. My tremor is predominantly confined to my hands, my left more than my right. Good day or bad, I compensate by avoiding doing certain things in front of others. Cups and saucers are a definite no no........a juggling act to behold!! I can and do make a joke out of it, yes Shaky McShakerson is a name often used light-heartedly by my family to describe me. Work wise however sometimes its hard not to feel judged and to not feel the need explain to others about my ET. More often than not they've never heard of it. This post is just to raise awareness about ET and absolutely not for people to feel sorry for me. My ask is simply for you to find out a bit more about it, as its more than likely that you know/work with someone who has it.

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