Saturday 9th February 2019
“Science is different to all other systems of thought because you don’t need faith in it, you can check that it works” — Professor Brian Cox
I’m reporting on what could be considered a normal day today. One of the most normal of the last 5 weeks !
I struggled to get to sleep Friday night because of my 2 1/2 hour nap, and dropped off about 12.45am. We woke around 9am in the morning and got up. I went shopping with the kids while Jayne went to the gym, and came home. I managed a brief trip down to the park with Parker on our bikes, covered about 2.5 miles, but it wasn’t half windy !
We watched the football, then went to my sister’s house for a bit of a family get together and spent a couple of hours there, ate apple pie & custard and had a brew.
Home about 5pm, had some tea and then straight out to the Manchester Arena with Jayne, I’d bought her tickets to see Prof. Brian Cox for Xmas and I was hoping I’d be well enough to go with her and I was. It was a really great, though provoking 2 hours.
Other than that, not a lot of things to report. My nose still bleeds in the morning, and is really sore all through the day, although it’s a minor annoyance. On Day 14 of Cycle 1, I went to bed and then woke in the Monday morning with a sky high temperature, but also had horrible back spasms. I felt my back going a bit today at points later in the day, not as bad but uncomfortable. No temperature though. I had some codeine a couple of times for it and it’s gone away seemingly. I think this is a result of bad posture today, and an accumulation of sitting on the sofa a lot more than I’m used to, with my feet up. Not great for my back.
On the plus sides, I’ve had a good amount of energy. Despite an action packed day, I never really felt like a nap. I think in theory, this should be the easiest part of the cycle, it just so happens I caught something around this time in Cycle 1 which derailed me for a week. I’m hoping for more luck this time around.
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