Journal
Ambrose’s journal
Sixty-six. Strength circle convert.
No news
week 22steady energy 21 reply
A brief account of the week. Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The…
Quiet
week 22fine energy 21 reply
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my…
Off the floor
week 21quietly delighted energy 11 reply
A brief account of the week. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Got down on the floor and…
Paired
week 20held energy 54 replies
A brief account of the week. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. Nobody has ever asked…
An unremarkable week
week 19flat energy 13 replies
A brief account of the 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. Steady.…
Nine minutes
week 18frustrated energy 12 replies
A brief account of the week. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. A locum who had…
Two sessions
week 17tired but good energy 42 replies
A brief account of the week. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Grip strength has gone off and I…
A printout I cannot read
week 16brisk energy 52 replies
A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed, and I have booked with my own GP for next month. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got…
Anchored to the shifts
week 15organised energy 2
A brief account of the week. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two lines a day…
Six labelled boxes
week 15organised energy 12 replies
Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen…
Dreams
week 14foggy energy 14 replies
Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 13held energy 34 replies
Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable…
Nothing to report
week 12fine energy 43 replies
Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has…
Back without making it up
week 12tired but good energy 12 replies
Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Started resistance work at sixty-six, sceptically. Kept…
Steady
week 11steady energy 41 reply
A brief account of the week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been…
A different shape
week 10foggy energy 4
A brief account of the week. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not…
Two flights of stairs
week 9pleased energy 41 reply
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Walked into town…
Paired
week 8held energy 34 replies
A brief account of the week. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. Nobody has ever asked…
Where the pen lives
week 7organised energy 52 replies
A brief account of the week. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two lines a day…
Laces
week 6quietly delighted energy 21 reply
A brief account of the week. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now…