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Eight minutes and a chair
Gavintired but good energy 3
Late, and writing anyway. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Came back after a bad fortnight…
Nine minutes
Rayfrustrated energy 2
Well then. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea…
She stopped the room
Kezwarm energy 3
Quickly, before bed. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about…
First dose, done
Marniehopeful energy 1turning point
The leaflet is nine pages and about seven of them are worst cases. I have read it three times, which was three times too many, and I am now going to stop reading it.…
Starters as a main
Maryamloved energy 4
Notes for the week. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. My mother cooks. That is how she says it.…
First dose, done
Pamhopeful energy 1
So. First one done. I had been carrying the box around the house for four days like it was something I had borrowed and needed to give back, and in the end I did it…
Quiet
Poppyfine energy 3
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
Ambroseorganised energy 5
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 out where…
Circle tonight
Dillywarm energy 4
Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the…
Paired
Heddaheld 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. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing…
Two flights of stairs
Ottolinequietly delighted energy 1
A brief account of the week. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Tied…
Grip
Peggytired but good energy 3
This week: Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Kept the two sessions that matter…
Off the floor
Katequietly delighted energy 3
Right. 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 more just to check. Tied my own laces standing…
Protein first
Brodysteady energy 4
This week: Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Spread it across the day instead of…
First dose, done
Giginervous energy 3turning point
Day one. I am writing this partly because somebody else's day-one entry is the reason I felt able to do it at all, and it seems only fair to leave one behind. A first…
An unremarkable week
Markflat 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 plain question
Salmasteady energy 5
Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the…
Eight minutes and a chair
Winnietired but good energy 2
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 it anywhere else. Back…
Awake at four
Minatired energy 1
Late, and writing anyway. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Slept through. Whole night,…
Day one
Ambrosehopeful energy 5turning point
What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. A methodical start. I told one person. Not my mother,…
First dose, done
Carlwired energy 2
This week: I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. Day one. I am writing this…
Two sessions
Duncantired but good energy 5
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…
Standing in the kitchen
Bexnervous energy 5turning point
I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. Started three weeks before a posting…
The first one
Birdiehopeful energy 2
Evening. The pharmacist talked me through it very fast and I nodded at all of it and retained about a third. I have written down the bits I remember and I will ask…