Journal
Lu’s journal
The other half of the Preston pair.
Walking
week 25tired but good energy 12 replies
Quickly, before bed. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Two sessions this week, both…
She stopped the room
week 23warm energy 24 replies
Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 22held energy 44 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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…
Grip
week 21tired but good energy 3
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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…
An unremarkable week
week 20fine energy 53 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole…
Walking
week 19tired but good energy 22 replies
Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed…
Off the floor
week 19quietly delighted energy 21 reply
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. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware…
No news
week 17fine energy 23 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine…
The list on the fridge
week 17steady energy 13 replies
Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Got something with protein in before nine this…
Steady
week 16steady energy 21 reply
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and…
An unremarkable week
week 15fine energy 41 reply
Quickly, before bed. 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. I nearly did not…
Grip
week 14tired but good energy 12 replies
Quickly, before bed. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Two sessions this week, both…
Not writing about this would be dishonest
week 13sore energy 23 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Headache for three days running. It turned out I had barely drunk anything since Tuesday. Water, then a slow improvement, then feeling faintly…
Walking
week 12tired but good energy 22 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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…
Propped up on pillows
week 11rough energy 34 replies
Reflux again. I slept propped up on three pillows and woke at two anyway. I have an appointment on Thursday and I am going to actually mention it this time rather than…
No news
week 11fine energy 11 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. Steady. That is the whole…
No mask
week 10foggy energy 54 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Repeat study…
Circle tonight
week 9warm energy 24 replies
Quickly, before bed. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly…
Starters as a main
week 8warm energy 51 reply
Quickly, before bed. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be solved. Starters as…
Before nine
week 6steady energy 43 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. I have found five things I…