Journal
Ollie’s journal
The dog gets me out. That is the whole exercise programme.
Two years, no news
week 107content energy 43 replies
Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady, walking eight miles on a Sunday. Nothing happened again. I am aware that is now the fourth month running I have written that, and…
Two years, read back
week 90full energy 23 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Two years today. I have read this journal back from the start this evening and the person in March 2024 was so frightened, and nobody…
Weather, not a verdict
week 68low energy 31 reply
Second plateau, and it is easier than the first, mostly because I have been here and come out the other side without doing anything clever. Flat, and he barely noticed…
I nearly did not write
week 52fine energy 31 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. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild…
Told her
week 51close energy 43 replies
My sister started too, three weeks after me. We compare notes badly and lovingly. My son asked why I was not eating my dinner. I gave him a bad answer, thought about it all…
At the table
week 50close energy 54 replies
My sister started too, three weeks after me. We compare notes badly and lovingly. My son asked why I was not eating my dinner. I gave him a bad answer, thought about it all…
My sister started too
week 49close energy 24 replies
A gentle week, mostly. My sister started too, three weeks after me. We compare notes badly and lovingly. His brother started too and they compare notes badly and lovingly. My…
Steady
week 49flat energy 23 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on…
Flat, whole night
week 48pleased energy 21 reply
Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021…
Nothing to report
week 46flat energy 21 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of…
An unremarkable week
week 45steady energy 33 replies
A gentle week, mostly. 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. Quiet.…
Quiet
week 44steady energy 31 reply
A gentle week, mostly. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a…
Slept through
week 43tired energy 4
The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten…
No news
week 42steady energy 11 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of…
Awake at four
week 40tired energy 54 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back…
Across the day
week 39steady energy 53 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Protein first, everything else after. It is not…
Off the floor
week 38pleased energy 11 reply
A gentle week, mostly. 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. Carried both bags up…
The question I had been avoiding
week 36frustrated energy 41 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. Nine minutes. I took three…
Nine minutes
week 35frustrated energy 14 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. Blood…
Circle tonight
week 34warm energy 14 replies
Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which…