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Cold swims and a slow titration.

46 entries from 9 Sep 2024 to 4 Mar 2026 · Whitby, UK

  • Flat, whole night

    Monday 14 Oct 2024week 6grateful energy 51 reply

    Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now…

  • Two lengths, badly

    Monday 7 Oct 2024week 5grateful energy 31 reply

    Short one tonight. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Tide…

  • Paired

    Saturday 28 Sep 2024week 3held energy 14 replies

    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 me how I was doing on a…

  • A printout I cannot read

    Sunday 22 Sep 2024week 2brisk energy 52 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Asked the question I had…

  • Before nine

    Saturday 14 Sep 2024week 1steady energy 23 replies

    A quiet week. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain…

  • I have started

    Monday 9 Sep 2024week 1hopeful energy 51 reply

    Short one tonight. I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. Started slowly on purpose…