Journal
Nan’s journal
Sixty-four and my knees have opinions.
No news
week 48flat energy 13 replies
Steady. That is the whole entry. 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. Ta ra.
Two sessions
week 47steady energy 13 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. Joined…
Somebody new
week 46warm energy 4
This week: Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. The facilitator stopped the room…
Nothing to report
week 43fine energy 23 replies
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. An unremarkable week. Ate,…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 40tired but good energy 12 replies
Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to…
Slept through
week 38rested energy 24 replies
This week: The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been…
Grip
week 36tired but good energy 12 replies
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. Kept the two sessions that…
Into town and back
week 33grateful energy 24 replies
This week: Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an…
Off the floor
week 31grateful energy 31 reply
This week: Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not…
Laces
week 30pleased energy 41 reply
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. Walked to chapel and back. Swam. First time…
Circle tonight
week 28warm energy 44 replies
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. I said…
Fewer, heavier
week 25tired but good energy 1
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 opening a jar before I noticed it…
Somebody new
week 23warm energy 2
This week: 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…
No news
week 20steady energy 33 replies
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Steady. That is the whole entry. Ta ra.
A locum
week 18frustrated energy 52 replies
This week: Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Nine minutes. I took three written…
The pattern of it
week 15flat energy 22 replies
Cramp in both calves in the night, twice this week. Mentioned it and had bloods done rather than being told to eat a banana, which I appreciated. Very tired. Not the kind of…
Circle tonight
week 13warm energy 2
The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour. Circle tonight. Eight of us,…
The bad fortnight
week 12flat energy 23 replies
Very tired. Not the kind of tired a nap fixes. I slept nine hours and woke feeling as though I had been awake all night. A rough summer, borne without complaint. Cramp in…
Before nine
week 10steady energy 33 replies
Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written…
Somebody new
week 8warm energy 44 replies
This week: Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. The facilitator stopped the room…