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Harlan

Altitude, hydration, electrolytes. Learned the hard way.

Denver, CO · Denver, forty-nine, engineer, altitude, hydration, electrolytes — learned the hard way.

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46 entries, and Harlan is still writing.

  • Reduced

    Thursday 11 Jun 2026week 84flat energy 23 replies

    Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to say so, because nobody wrote this part down for me. Steady. The strange part is not…

  • Unremarkable

    Thursday 8 Jan 2026week 62relieved energy 1

    Recording this for the record. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Improved. Iron and B12 both low. Treated.…

  • Steady

    Saturday 19 Jul 2025week 37fine energy 53 replies

    An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I…

  • Both bags, one go

    Tuesday 15 Jul 2025week 36pleased energy 23 replies

    Notes for the week. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Hiked a fourteener. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of…

  • Starters as a main

    Tuesday 8 Jul 2025week 35loved energy 41 reply

    Notes for the week. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation…

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1 Jul 2026 — What are you noticing about the seasons and your week?

It has been forty degrees for a fortnight and I have adjusted everything about my week.

25 Jun 2026 — What is the thing you keep forgetting?

Two lines a day in a paper diary. That is my entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision.

20 Apr 2026 — What kept you up last night?

Poor. Hot, restless and cross about it.

16 Apr 2026 — What are you counting down to?

The afternoon disappeared and I am not sure I did anything with it.

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ongoingAccess

Winning an appeal at the second attempt

Two US members who between them built the working method that became our appeals guide, after Zeb’s first attempt was refused in eleven days.

Zeb and Harlan · since January 2025