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Aleks’s journal

August 2025

4 entries this month.

  • From the bottom

    Tuesday 26 Aug 2025week 37relieved energy 53 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. The shame about the gap was worse than any side effect I have had. Six people in circle said "yes, me, twice", and it went. Starting from the bottom…

  • Fewer, heavier

    Thursday 14 Aug 2025week 35tired but good energy 32 replies

    A quiet week. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a…

  • The shame was the worst of it

    Monday 11 Aug 2025week 35relieved energy 31 reply

    Short one tonight. Starting from the bottom again, which my prescriber was firm about and which I am now grateful for. Restarted after the gap and the side effects came back…

  • A different shape

    Friday 1 Aug 2025week 33rested energy 54 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay…

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