Journal
Duncan’s journal
Practical to a fault. Ask me about cool bags.
Paired
week 22held energy 44 replies
Week in order: Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is…
Propped up on pillows
week 22flat energy 11 reply
Three things this week. Bad week and I am writing it down anyway, because a journal that only contains the good weeks would be a lie and no use to anybody reading it later. A…
Steady
week 21fine energy 33 replies
I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks. No news. The dog is well, the…
The limits of yoghurt
week 20steady energy 23 replies
Three things this week. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and…
Sunday lunch
week 19loved energy 41 reply
Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no…
No news
week 18fine energy 53 replies
Three things this week. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. Quiet. Injection…
Where the pen lives
week 17organised energy 2
Week in order: Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Tested three cool bags against…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 16held energy 44 replies
Three things this week. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a…
Across the day
week 15steady energy 13 replies
Week in order: Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting…
An unremarkable week
week 14steady energy 43 replies
Three things this week. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately.…
Two flights of stairs
week 13pleased energy 21 reply
Week in order: Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Got down on the…
Off the floor
week 13quietly delighted energy 51 reply
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice…
Thirteen hours
week 12organised energy 24 replies
Cool bag, thermometer, thirteen hours. It held at the right temperature the whole way and I have written down exactly which bag and exactly how much ice. Time difference of…
Two sessions
week 11tired but good energy 52 replies
Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March, and he is annoyingly right. Kept…
Eight hours of difference
week 10organised energy 24 replies
Week in order: Time difference of eight hours and a weekly dose. Moved it forward by two hours a day rather than all at once, on my GP's suggestion. Cool bag, thermometer,…
Thirteen hours
week 9knackered energy 23 replies
Week in order: Cool bag, thermometer, thirteen hours. It held at the right temperature the whole way and I have written down exactly which bag and exactly how much ice.…
Steady
week 9flat energy 43 replies
Week in order: An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that…
A locum
week 7frustrated energy 12 replies
Week in order: Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. She reduced one of my other…
Paired
week 7held energy 34 replies
Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I…
Protein first
week 6steady energy 23 replies
Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Got something with protein in before nine this…