Journal
Ollie’s journal
The dog gets me out. That is the whole exercise programme.
Fewer, heavier
week 32tired but good energy 4
A gentle week, mostly. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just…
The list on the fridge
week 30steady energy 53 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Got something…
I nearly did not write
week 29fine energy 11 reply
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. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild…
Stayed for the company
week 27warm energy 14 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…
She read the diary
week 26brisk energy 42 replies
Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which…
A new bin and a plan
week 25organised energy 42 replies
A gentle week, mostly. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar,…
A wedding
week 23loved energy 41 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…
Two flights of stairs
week 22quietly delighted energy 42 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Got down on…
Laces
week 21quietly delighted energy 21 reply
A gentle week, mostly. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able…
An hour on the floor
week 20quietly delighted energy 54 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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. Did…
Steady
week 19fine energy 43 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on…
Across the day
week 18steady energy 43 replies
Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. I have found five things I can get down when nothing…
Nothing to report
week 16steady energy 31 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of…
Two lengths, badly
week 15grateful energy 31 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 14tired but good energy 42 replies
Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven…
Both bags, one go
week 12grateful energy 41 reply
Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021…
The question I had been avoiding
week 11brisk energy 12 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. Nine minutes. I took three…
The list on the fridge
week 9steady energy 43 replies
A gentle week, mostly. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own. Was…
Dreams
week 8tired energy 4
A gentle week, mostly. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is…
A rough few days
week 7sore energy 51 reply
Reflux again. I slept propped up on three pillows and woke at two anyway. I have an appointment on Thursday and I am going to actually mention it this time rather than…