Word-a-Day Toilet Paper

Is Word-a-Day toilet paper still made? If so, I had the best word yesterday, "perturbation". There are several definitions for this word, my favorite is:

1. A small change in a physical system, most often in a physical system at equilibrium that is disturbed from the outside.

I was talking with a friend and we were discussing ways to help nerves grow. Based on her experiences, I need to be exposing my brain to new experiences to keep things growing. This makes sense when you read articles about myelin growth within the brain. If I take that concept further - to my arms and legs, I need to be doing more than my stretching exercises. I need to expose my arms and legs to new experiences to stimulate the nerves to grow. So I've been taking my limbs out on adventures!

I definitely think there is some truth to this theory. I have attended drumming class for two weeks now and my Dr could finally detected a small twitch in my right arm. Still nothing in my legs, but we've just started! Yesterday I let the legs try driving and walking at the mall. Each time I make a change to the physical system my limbs are used to, I'm hoping it will stimulate new growth. It is easy to become comfortable walking around the house, knowing where all the barriers are. It is a whole new challenge to maneuver through the shopping mall or carry a lunch tray while leaning on a walker. I'm excited at all of the possibilities; should I expose my limbs to an R movie, to a DQ Blizzard, a trip to a beach? I just see many new options! Tomorrow night it will be the Taiko performance at Dreamland Arts If you have a chance to go it should be pretty amazing! I'll let you know how the "twitches" are afterwards!