I saw a fundraiser for a charity on Facebook: “Do yoga for 10 minutes a day and help raise money…” I discounted the fundraiser part because it wasn’t a charity I would normally support, but the yoga part - the yoga part interested me. I had been thinking of starting some yoga again. It’s something… Continue reading What 31 Days of Yoga taught me
Category: Health
Wheeze
Back in the Before (2019) I came down with a horrible coughing illness that (after several doses of antibiotics failed to have an effect and I was referred to a specialist) turned out to be Whooping Cough. I didn’t realise whooping cough was something people still got in modern times. To me it sounded like… Continue reading Wheeze
4am
It's 4am and I'm awake. I'm awake a lot at 4am these days. Is it my bladder, my hormones, my body digesting my dinner? (I knew that eating so late would have a bad effect.) I could use this time as thinking time, but my thoughts are racing around and around - not so much… Continue reading 4am
A visit from an old friend
I should have known from the fluttering sense of panic when there's nothing going wrong. I should have known from the sense of gloominess when things are actually OK. I should have known from the tiredness and lethargy and lack of interest in anything when we are about to have things to look forward to.… Continue reading A visit from an old friend
Another thwarted run
I think I am cursed, and like Sisyphus, I will never finish the Couch to 5k running programme. Today should have been my final run. And it was a good morning for a run. It was cool after yesterday's heat, a pleasant freshness in the air but not cool enough to need long sleeves. There… Continue reading Another thwarted run
Absence of Light
Never was a condition so aptly named as S.A.D. - Seasonal Affective Disorder. I experienced it for the first time about 20 years ago. It was not my first winter in the UK - I had been living here several years by then, including parts of two winters in Scotland. But that particular November and… Continue reading Absence of Light
Sick #3
I'm really getting fed up with being sick. I took the antibiotics, I rested, and I was getting better. But now, I feel like I'm getting worse again. The Cough is sneaking back more and more often. I still have moments of choked breath from it. And although I am up and moving more, I… Continue reading Sick #3
Sick #2
I have been off work sick for three weeks now. My cough is getting better, thanks for asking, although it's not gone yet. But I'm getting bigger blocks of sleep, and longer stretches during the day without wheezing to near unconsciousness. My muscles still hurt though, and with it being spring, I am occasionally sneezing… Continue reading Sick #2
Sick
In my last entries, my cough was a sub story to the main event. Here it takes over as the main subject itself. I am in my third week of coughing now. Three weeks of physical spasms, interrupted sleep, gasping for breath and involuntary regurgitation. Being so unhappy at work, I have often recently thought,… Continue reading Sick
Take the stairs
Blah blah, healthy January. No drinking, all dieting, all queuing up at the (suddenly very crowded) gym. Saying no to chocolate and yes to fruit (but still wanting chocolate). In the northern hemisphere January is grim. None of the joys of December when you at least have Christmas and New Year to look forward to… Continue reading Take the stairs
Tales from Tobhamhor 