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  • An hour on the floor

    Cato2 Mar 2025pleased energy 2

    This week: Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Full shift on my feet and my knees…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Clemmie2 Mar 2025held energy 3

    A gentle week, mostly. 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…

  • What is your secret

    Dev2 Mar 2025awkward energy 2

    Recording this for the record. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be…

  • Steady

    Gilly2 Mar 2025fine energy 4

    Well then. 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. Steady. That is the…

  • No news

    Ives2 Mar 2025flat energy 3

    An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken…

  • What is your secret

    Lu2 Mar 2025loved energy 2

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be…

  • Awake at four

    Moss2 Mar 2025rested energy 4

    A gentle week, mostly. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long…

  • Awake at four

    Ollie2 Mar 2025tired energy 5

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study…

  • I nearly did not write

    Ossian2 Mar 2025flat energy 2

    A quiet week. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. No…

  • The list on the fridge

    Rafe2 Mar 2025steady energy 1

    Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question…

  • Steady

    Rilla2 Mar 2025steady energy 2

    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. Steady. That is the whole entry.…

  • A different shape

    Sonia2 Mar 2025tired energy 2

    Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written about it.…

  • A wedding

    Rohan1 Mar 2025loved energy 1

    Notes for the week. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze…

  • The limits of yoghurt

    Bertie1 Mar 2025steady energy 4

    A brief account of the week. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Spread it across…

  • Stayed for the company

    Bex1 Mar 2025warm energy 2

    Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring.…

  • Dreams

    Freya1 Mar 2025rested energy 2

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying…

  • Three cool bags and a thermometer

    Gwen1 Mar 2025organised energy 4

    This week: Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision. Small logistics win: worked…

  • Grip

    Huw1 Mar 2025tired but good energy 3

    This week: Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Walked instead of the…

  • Two sessions

    Keeley1 Mar 2025tired but good energy 4

    Late, and writing anyway. 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,…

  • Eight minutes and a chair

    Nadia1 Mar 2025tired but good energy 4

    Three things this week. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it…

  • Paired

    Patrick1 Mar 2025held energy 4

    Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. She had a bad week and I had a fine one,…

  • Two sessions

    Ruthie1 Mar 2025tired but good energy 4

    Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole…

  • Fewer, heavier

    Salma1 Mar 2025tired but good energy 4

    A gentle week, mostly. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed…

  • A1c down

    Solomon1 Mar 2025relieved energy 1

    Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a come-back-in-a-year before. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not…