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Milestones

Things people can do now that they could not do, and changes a clinician measured. Every one of these links to the journal entry it came from. There is not a weight on this page and there never will be.

Non-scale · 12 Jun 2025

Both bags upstairs in one go

Keeley — Lifted her mother safely without her back going.

Non-scale · 11 Jun 2025

A full day of work without the afternoon collapse

Nell — Lifted a full super without help.

Non-scale · 10 Jun 2025

Opened a jar without asking anyone

Bex — Ran the Plymouth Hoe loop.

Restarts · 10 Jun 2025

Restarted after surgery, with the surgical team on board

Tam — Restarted afterwards with his surgeon's agreement.

Non-scale · 9 Jun 2025

Swam in the sea in February

Viv — Slept flat. Wrote one line: "Flat. Whole night. Flat."

Non-scale · 6 Jun 2025

Stood a ten-hour bake with a back that held

Tulla — Walked the Dingle Way in stages.

Non-scale · 5 Jun 2025

Tied their own laces standing up

Kez — Walked to work instead of the bus for a month.

Non-scale · 25 May 2025

Back in the pool after eleven years

Peggy — Walked to the shop and back every day for a month.

Non-scale · 21 May 2025

Got through a wedding without dreading the meal

Prue — Walked the city walls twice in a morning.

Non-scale · 21 May 2025

Got through a wedding without dreading the meal

Hedda — Cycled to Roskilde and back.

Non-scale · 19 May 2025

Got through a wedding without dreading the meal

Gus — Walked up Dumyat with his son.

Non-scale · 11 May 2025

Cycled somewhere that used to need a car

Ruthie — Walked the Leicestershire Round in stages over the spring.

Non-scale · 6 May 2025

Both bags upstairs in one go

Inês — Full shift on her feet without pain.

Non-scale · 25 Apr 2025

Walked into town and back, which had quietly stopped happening

Clemmie — Cycle returned. The entry is one of the most-read on the site.

Non-scale · 18 Apr 2025

Slept flat for a whole night

Linnet — Walked up Scout Scar.

Non-scale · 18 Apr 2025

A full shift on their feet with knees that behaved

Marit — Cycled to Leeuwarden and back.

Non-scale · 17 Apr 2025

A full day of work without the afternoon collapse

Gavin — Walked up Kinnoull Hill. Sat at the top for an hour.

Non-scale · 13 Apr 2025

A full day of work without the afternoon collapse

Fen — Cycled to Cambridge and back on the busway path.

Non-scale · 9 Apr 2025

Back in the pool after eleven years

Tarn — Led a group up Catbells without flagging.

Non-scale · 9 Apr 2025

Cycled somewhere that used to need a car

Ned — Walked up to the crooked spire and round the park.

Non-scale · 9 Apr 2025

Got through a wedding without dreading the meal

Bridie — Lifted a feed bag properly again.

Clinical · 9 Apr 2025

Iron and B12 treated, and the fatigue lifted

Lucas — A1c down and his cardiologist unbent slightly.

Non-scale · 8 Apr 2025

Sat in the middle seat on a flight without thinking about it

Hannah — Cycle returned after six years. Complicated feelings, mostly about her twenties.

Non-scale · 7 Apr 2025

Got through a wedding without dreading the meal

Rin — Full twelve-hour shift, no back pain.

By kind

Time served
7 of them
Restarts
5 of them
Clinical
57 of them
Non-scale
78 of them

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