Journal
Harlan’s journal
Altitude, hydration, electrolytes. Learned the hard way.
Reduced
week 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
week 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
week 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
week 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
week 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…
Quiet
week 35steady energy 43 replies
I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks. An unremarkable week. Ate,…
Two lines a day
week 33organised energy 4
Recording this for the record. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Two lines a day…
Steady
week 32steady energy 13 replies
Notes for the week. 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…
Sunday night, four lines
week 31held energy 24 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…
Quiet
week 30steady energy 23 replies
I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks. An unremarkable week. Ate,…
Slept through
week 29foggy 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…
Steady
week 29steady energy 13 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…
She reduced it
week 28heard energy 52 replies
Notes for the week. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Took the diary in. She read it…
Grip
week 27tired but good energy 32 replies
Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March, and he is annoyingly right. Eight…
Quiet
week 26fine energy 21 reply
I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks. An unremarkable week. Ate,…
Two lengths, badly
week 25quietly delighted energy 21 reply
Recording this for the record. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Swam. First…
My mother cooks
week 25loved energy 21 reply
Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested.…
Steady
week 24steady energy 33 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…
An hour on the floor
week 23pleased energy 51 reply
Notes for the week. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 22organised 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. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days.…