Sacramento's former poet laureate to get new treatment for uncontrollable tremors
Former Sacramento poet laureate Julia Connor has been diagnosed with essential tremor, a condition that causes uncontrollable shaking in the limbs. Connor is set to undergo new treatment for the condition at Stanford Medical Center.
The cup in her right hand jiggles, threatening to splash coffee across her artist’s table. Steadying the cup, much less sipping from it, is virtually impossible.