Restarts · 11 Aug 2025
Member since December 2024
Aleks
Small country, small supply, big determination.
Their journal
46 entries, and Aleks is still writing.
Just Wednesdays
week 78settled energy 51 reply
Short one tonight. The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady, supply permitting. Nothing happened…
An hour on the floor
week 61quietly delighted energy 31 reply
A quiet week. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not…
Three years side by side
week 60pleased energy 33 replies
Short one tonight. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not subtle. Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a…
Awake at four
week 58tired energy 34 replies
Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning…
A1c down
week 58relieved energy 12 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not subtle. Improved. Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have…
Milestones
Conversations they started
How I got my gastro team and my GP talking to each other
Gastro history
Recent check-in answers
Picked up extra shifts specifically for this, which I resent slightly and would do again.
Woke at four. Lay there listening to the boiler. Same as Tuesday.
Eighteen months steady. My Wednesdays are just Wednesdays.
Whether the return of appetite means something is wrong. Told it probably does not. Still thinking about it.
Buddy
ongoingCost
Two students and no money
Both are students, both are paying out of pocket, and neither will let the other be ashamed about the arithmetic.