JayCS’s Fibro Blog

2024-07-03 Wednesday

Summary:

  • LDN Jun 20th- 1.5mg :white_check_mark: for Energy ’30%’ :white_check_mark:, partly usable = 13% (:x:), energy profile 'very slow’ to 'slow‘ :x:, TT TT 1:1, improving (:x:), jackknives (:white_check_mark:), walking / cycling 20’ (:x:).
  • Triggers: Doc appts. May 29th: 9 days :x:, Jun 7th ?d :x:, Jun 10th :x::x::x:, Jun 26th :x: - went well :white_check_mark:, but all too much, not recovered. 1 of 5 bites playing up (:x:).
  • Last focal seizure: Jun 29th (2) (+9d :white_check_mark:).
  • Sleep: Screen curfew OK (:x:), earlier bed :white_check_mark:. QCS at 10:00 :white_check_mark:.
  • Fresh air: 20h :white_check_mark:.
  • Thoughts: Thoughts: Lots of self-care thoughts, necessary, see below! Pushing thru pain and fatigue decreases effectiveness! My life is tough, so there! Prepare pills better!
  • Feelings: Feelings: depressed. Too much. Had to write back to bosses about retirement by today. Looking at a form or theirs overwhelmed me, one I should have long filled, it was the amount of data I need to look up and copy for them. At least I asked for an @ddress instead of a phone number that I can ask for help. Next big thing was that I’d ordered a camera and lens which weren’t compatible, after putting my ‘last’ energy into ordering it at the weekend. Not at all sure what to do next, feel like just sending it all back and leaving it at that. But probably wiser to exchange the camera. Triggers for the depressiveness will be not sleeping enough, bed too late, combination of feeding, wife, blog and camera decision. 17:12 Also trying to back up my new old laptop didn’t work, supposedly not enough room on the drive, which isn’t true. So bottom line is I need to push away all these apparent reasons for the feeling of depressiveness, talk a bit about it, and start getting happy again first. Then tackle all the stuff bit by bit. Also not being able to play TT I thought, better when I could. Made me forget what I could eat first, so I ate muesli for 2nd meal, instead of like I remembered for the 3rd meal using beans.
    Energy coming back in the 2nd TT game at around 18:30, which is strange, but nice, hope not fake (it wasn’t). Maybe from re-starting 5g creatine with the 2nd meal? Or overcoming the insect bite as an additional strain? Or telling my wife about everything that happened, even tho she didn’t seem to take me seriously – “we’ll find a solution”. And/or telling my TT-mate I was glad to play to counteract my depressiveness. Encouraging myself to go to bed early, before 23:00, so tomorrow will be a good day.
  • Cheer: Appreciating the many little things… Exciting: GreatTits have flown! Strangely black spots on 1-2, same as on BlueTits - hope that’s OK. :face_with_monocle: Taped Blackie in dawn chorus (5’ of a 2h recording…).

Pic(k)s of the Day

= expanding happiness

My laptop thinks it can distinguish between a German wasp…:
VID_20240703_164504 19'' Deutsche Wespe Vespula germanica 0'19'' 2
…and a “common” or English wasp… - well, I’d need a better pic of this one to decide if it’s right:
VID_20240703_165010 Gemeine Wespe Vespula vulgaris zB 0'13'' 2

Got a better pic of robin near me today. Robin girlie I saw the other day, too, surprisingly, with her white stripe (now only on right wing, not both) and black spot under left eye, but this then will be her man:

And at last I’ve got closer pics of the new/fresh black spotted GreatTit (worrying?):


VID_20240703_173024 20'' Kohlmeise snip 1

LDN: 3mg/3.5mg since Feb was no help, so: Jun 20th- 1.5mg: Brilliant sleep, subjectively lighter body, easier movements, but can't use the felt energy, radius same. click for effects/dosage (not under 4 Supps)

Walnuts, all apple sorts, larger portions of baked beans, I think that’s all LDN.
Forgetting Dec 23rd caused big energy dip immediately, so there’s no drug level, it works day to day. (It’s constantly and reliably improved mainly energy (from 10%), heaviness, walking (from 5’), fine motor skills, stiffness (from 70% down to 10%), recovery time, Ache, pains, sleep :white_check_mark:, possibly from Dec on drinking only 2L/d :white_check_mark: which is helping sleep, and possibly reducing histamine and/or tannin from walnuts :white_check_mark:, but not my paleness (yellow/white face, black eye rims and white lips) or listening ability/sense :x:. Last side effect was wobbliness, listening problems and Ache on day (1 and) 2 of 2mg (Dec 12th), before that ‚hangover’ on Oct 20th :white_check_mark:.) .)
Dosage: (Slowly up from Oct 1st ~0.07mg). Oct 1st ~0.07mg evenings, 8th 14:20 0.125mg, 9th-15th 10:00 0.125mg. 16th -19th 10:00 0.25mg. 20th-31st 0.5mg, 1st- 2x0.5mg, 10th (2+1)x0.5. 16th (1+1), 17th 2x0.5, 19th 1x1.5, Dec 11th 1x2, Dec 27th 1x2.25mg, Jan 10th 1x2.5mg, 16th 1x3mg. Feb 5th 1x1.5mg, Feb 8th-Mar 5th 1.5+0.75=2.25mg - ‚better than 3mg‘. Mar 6th-7th 2.625mg, Mar 8th 2mg I think (2.75mg intended), Mar 9th 3mg, Mar 10th 2.75mg, Mar 21st-May 19th 3mg. May 20th-Jun 18th 3.5mg. Jun 19th 3mg. Jun 20th- 1.5mg.
Additives: white capsules with TiO2 (HPMC with SiO2).

1) MAIN ISSUES: Airing: Did air during feeding, but not before and after in my room, may be 21h again ✅, talking 10' ➔ 80%/4 (❌), music 5-30', depending ➔ 80%/3-4 (no nausea, strain less) - 21:40 when my wife went out, a comforting music track came up in my mind and I listened to that and then old tracks of mine, music for 1h!! without pain, thought mine were fairly good, both extremely unusual. Caught up with the blog a little. (❌), white lips 70-80% (❌), TT TT 1:1, managed to catch up in the 2nd game, and as if my energy were coming back (moving 15%, talking 15%, counting 20%) (✅), moving ➔ 80%/3-5 - hard to hold the camera (❌), balance (✅), body fog (❌), jackknives (✅), SO post exertional malaise (❌), 'post postural ache‘, 'PPA‘‚ (✅), stiffness (✅), exhaustibility theoretically ’70%‘ ✅ / actually 87%, worse till 18:00 ❌, better during TT, 22:44 still energy, overdrive? ✅, feels good, and sleep 8h40 ✅, still nimble in the morning ('PPA‘: 2 ✅). Energy profile: since decreasing LDN from 'very slow‘ to 'very slow'/'slow', with ‚8h rest‘, 4h very slow, 4h slow, 0h medium, 0h quick. Click for past months...
EXHAUSTIBILITY: Theoretically stably better from circadian rhythm, then LDN since Oct 1st - but moderate triggers bring it down to 10% for days to weeks.
SLEEP (click for tonight's details): 8h40, all deep ✅, QCS at 10:00 QCS = very quick very cold shower (22 issues under control).

Sleep 22:50-7:44 3+3+3+5’, 0 deep doze. Sum: 1h10+7h44-(x5’=)14’ = 8h54-14’ = 8h40.
22:50 after back
0:12 3’ 1st
2:51 2nd
4:11 3’ 3rd robins, 0 blackbird, but I’ll tape the ‘dawn chours’
6:26 171MB, let’s see if a blackbird is on it.
-7:44 greeted by woodpigeon and chiffchaff. Slight frontal headache, maybe from slightly damp hair going to bed, or just the weird weather or too cold bedroom. BP 124/83-61. Still feel nimble after a night of very deep sleep.

2) Watching TRIGGERS, esp. of exhaustibility. Jun 29th- 1 of 5 bites playing up (❌). Strain: (May 29th) doc appt. (9d) ❌, (Jun 7th) Bad 20-25' sleep lab psychiatrist appt, from Jun 8th on ❌. (Jun 10th) Too long 55' public health officer appt., immediately: ❌❌❌. Dentist's local anaesthesia on Feb 15th flared till Apr 28th ❌, next I'll need 3 tiny fillings, definitely without anaesthetic. Histamine foods: 20g goat/cow cheese (✅). Click for list Nov 7th 2022 to Feb 20th...."

(Nov) 7th 2022 caused MCAS / histamine problems like the first 2 till around July. Esp. ENERGY DOWN further to (10-)15-20% (max.), but more slow energy. Each jab -5%.
Made me stop cryotherapy/acupressure and acupuncture from Dec on!
2023:
(Jan) TCM recommendations for a few weeks took my appetite.
(Feb) ~3% of levothyroxine (T4) pill Feb 24th till Mar 23rd: more energy, but lost appetite and weight and sleep, antihistamine back up to 10mg to curb T4-insomnia & histaminey symptoms (stopped cos causing nauseous sinus headaches & painfully dry mouth).
(Mar) inkling of Covid, negative, but cough, appetite, night sweats…
(Apr) cancer checking ending with weird onco,
(May) 20th… 17 stress triggers, till end of May: 8-12%, seizures May-June every 10d.
(June) 21st: circadian rhythm Better to 18(-24)% a few days, but mostly back down to ~10%:
(July) 19th-24th: 3 garden bird deaths
(Aug) July 31st-7th uro exam and methylene blue trial. 9th… severe vertigo, check in clinic no result, so trying blood meds again. Hindsight: Painful uro exam on 7th, stiff neck from bird deaths, twist-stretching too much.
(Résumé) These triggers are “monthly” and kept bringing energy down from 20% to 10%.
(Sept) Histamine/MCAS symptoms (headaches 0%, tongue burning 10-20%, down. Further painful bladder exam injured (‘screaming’ 3d) & scarred me, caused UTI (2x3d). CoV-type infection (12th 10 days) (hantavirus??), work stress, abdomen pains, 24th-: listening to music painful, guinea pig, wife, CVD meds bad.
(Oct) (V)LDN helping a “lot”, Complex filling OK, CVD meds bad, BP low and slow OK.
(Nov) Atorvastatin difficult.
(Dec) Guinea pigs, atorvastatin, boss, often post postural Ache, DAO: baked beans tough, better with less sauce and more DAO, but walnuts OK without now. 28th: car trip to kids and and only 2x20’ bad for several days. NYE stress.
2024:
(Jan): (1st) DAO: 0x: 100g baked beans with reduced tomato sauce for 2nd meal caused tongue to burn a bit for half an hour, 3x: 150g for 3rd meal caused no burnt tongue or histamine reaction at all, despite the addition :white_check_mark:: Makes a difference! (2nd) Clearly severely woozy brain from talking during TT. (3rd) Are the seizures on Monday, pee and TT issues praps all caused by histamine from the baked beans, despite DAO preventing direct reactions, and that’s decreasing serotonin? 6th: Phone alarm music causing hurt from listening? (8th) Onco appt. better in evening, worse at night and next morning, OK by 10th. (11th) Contrast orally plus injected (doc thinks the excipients) caused a week of overall Ache, but energy and stiffness OK-ish, then (15th) fairly severe vertigo with walking problems and then 3h of vomiting, diarrhea the following day, but firm before and after, nausea and pain continuing till 18th, 7 days, then suddenly OK. Praps the oral one for gut, rather than the intravenous one (seemed not too bad in August), or praps cos too frequent/soon after the last. (25th) professional tooth cleaning.
(Feb) (3rd) stomach praps from apples & naltrexone, insomnia praps from naltrexone 3mg, pain praps from ezetimibe 3mg. Strain and sadness from guinea pig eating losing appetite and weight again, 7th better. (8th) LDN down to 2.25mg improved 4 issues, so increasing to 2.5, then 3mg was too much (cos next to GABA?). (15th) Dentist (cap-preparation) went well, but flare 17th-… from local anaesthetic (16th) temp cap fell of, (20th) got it put back on. (29th) Cap on.
(Apr 28th) Recovering from the anaesthetic after 10.5 weeks. Unsuccessfully re- trialling DAO (Apr 20th-) for vanilla and raspberry in yogurt (April 16th-24th) and marmite (e.g. 25th): only worked for sinuses, NOT for pee / dryness, sleep and possibly seizures (2 on Apr 22nd).
(May 29th) Good 20-25’ allergist appt., fairly recovered Jun 7th (9d) :x:,
(Jun 7th) Bad 20-25’ sleep lab psychiatrist appt, first :white_check_mark:, from Jun 8th on :x:.
(Jun 10th) Too long 55’ public health officer appt., immediately: :x::x::x:.
(Jun 26th) Did go well :white_check_mark:, but all too much, not recovered beforehand, so stays :x:.
(Jun 29th-) 1 of 5 bites playing up (:x:).

(3) DOCS: Trying for higher disability from Apr 25th on, cardio (Jun 26th) has helped immediately, let's see when allergist comes and when I'll be able to manage a GP appt. Click for latest (Jun 22nd) details.)

DISABILITY: (May 29th) Allergist helpful (Jun 7th) sleep lab psychiatrist not helpful, trying follow-up per mail. Jun 10th appt. with public health officer for retirement too long, so postponing GP & dentist. (Jun 26th) Cardio went well, short, short report adding: fatigue syndrome for more than a year.
GP (Apr 25th): Just update (cancer and bp OK), and asking about possible help with sick notes and disability.
GP (Apr 25th): Just update (cancer and bp OK), and asking about possible help with sick notes and disability.
CARDIO (Apr 26th): Heart OK, (Feb 2nd) Belly plaque still “25” OK, next with bloods. (Dec 11th) Rosuvastatin?
DERM (Mar 19th): wart (but tea trea oil helped) on genetic enlargement under toenail.
ONCO: #2 (Jan 8th/11th/18th 2024): nothing in bloods or contrast CT, believes it’ll be nothing docs can find, the week of reactions likely from some excipient(s). That finishes the cancer exclusion Odyssey since April 2023.
URO (Nov 8th) IPP/PD shockwave therapy? (Bladder exam July 31st and bloods Aug 7th followed the vertigo/BP attack on the 9th - so maybe contributing, altho Aug 8th I could play TT 5:1.

(CVD, incl. med effects: July 4th, 7:50: BP 124/83-61, perfect. Jun 22nd: Palpitations down, HR back to 65. Jun 7th: Watching palpitations (regularly lately) / HR 40 (new discovery Jun 7th). Click for latest (Jun 7th) & next changes, and details...)

(Jun 7th) Watching palpitations / HR 40 = bradycardia.
Mar 21st: Horse stance 70’’ ➔ 164/107-90 ➔ 139/94-69 ➔ 136/87-70, each inside of 1’. Confirms stopping candesartan.
Mar 17th BP getting too low, so stopped candesartan.
Thought Mar 17th: If BP spikes were from MCAS flare after bladder exam (in the summer), why is it now not spiking after local anaesthetic flare (in the winter)?
Atorvastatin Dec 16th- 0mg and ezetimibe Feb 4th- 0mg - trying 1mg again once LDN is sorted. BP :white_check_mark:, despite only ~1mg.
CANDESARTAN (BLOOD PRESSURE): Even alone starting Oct 24th was dreadful, but spreading over the day in ~0.5mg specks from 31st on worked, up to 4mg (5) since Nov 6th, but checking RR 24th/25th too low, so down to 2mg from Dec 10th. Dec 17th: BP at night sitting down :white_check_mark: (SBP ~100), so 2mg is a good compromise :white_check_mark:. (Jan 28th) been taking <1mg lately. Mar 17th: 0 since a few days now, cos BP low now.
ATORVASTATIN (LIPIDS): Nov 13th 1mg/d, + caused severe fatigue/Ache, stopped 24th, re-started 27th with specks of the middle without the mantle excipients good, but 28th 1+1 and then 2mg too late caused insomnia, so earlier in the day, increasing quickly from 29th to Dec 2nd: 10mg+, un-mantled, with first only slight problems, but increasing week of 4th, so Dec 10th-13th 0mg, 14th 5mg later likely caused pain 20:00-23:00… Summary without coating: Dec 2nd-9th: 10mg+, 10th-13th 0mg, 14th-15th 5mg, 16th- 0mg). Further trials.
EZETIMIBE (LIPIDS): Feb 3rd: muscle pain praps from 3mg, so 4th- 0mg.

4) UNDER CONTROL ✅ (attention necessary (✅)): Re-ordering silymarin Jun 24th: praps anti-infl., anti-ox., praps praps detox (cf. Iberogast) & lipids). Jun ~10th creatine down to 1x2mg (see tub). Creatine monohydrate Apr 9th-Jun 9th 2x5g gave slightly more (slow) energy, but less than LDN - malate form next? Last seizure Last seizure Jun 29th (2) (+9d ✅). Last esophagus block May 7th ✅: 7 months without ✅. Carnitine Apr 14th-, EGCg Apr 13th-. LDN: see separately (Jun 21st). Click for latest (Jun 22nd) & next changes...

Reduced vit. C to 3x400mg, like Masterjohn recommends. Nux vomica D12 helping for nausea from music/talk, sleep and bladder not much. Also for sleep: Cocculus and acidum nitricum later. Supp costs ~400€.)

1) GI, pee, local pains (incl. jaw & bladder), weather, dry mouth and drinking well under control: So no details at the moment.
(2) Seizures and esp. esophagus blocks fairly under control - click for details.

Last focal SEIZURES: 11 / 5 / 12 / 18 / 8 / 5 / 6 / 14 / 10 / 11 / 8 / 6 / 9 / 15 / 9 (Jun 29th 2024). Stress, histamine & less GABA. JUN 29th (+9d) 20th (+15d) (23:19 rabbit hole) Jun
20th (+15d) (23:19 rabbit hole) Jun 5th (2x, +9d) (9:54 rabbit hole, 17:52 TT, < GABA). MAY (4x): 27th (+6d) 21st (+8d, after TT, < GABA) & 13th (+11d: < sleep) 2nd (+10d: TT), APR (3x): 22nd (2x: after TT), 8th (4x: errands, eating, TT, kids on 7th) 2nd (TT) MAR (3x): 28th (TT) 20th (TT) 2nd. FEB (3x): 19th, 14th, 3rd. JAN24 (1x): 1st (3x) DEC23 (2-3x): ~22nd (2x, slight) 2nd & 3rd (15’ of concert & GABA; TT & GABA) NOV (3x): 20th (food fell off spoon) 13th (wind noise) 5th (slight, after TT & GABA) OCT (2x): 27th (ex-flat mate, but 2x seizure-ish 26th), 18th/19th (3x, busy street, emotional music). SEP (1x): 19th? AUG (2x): 9th, vertigo day: (2x, 13:42 & 15:40). 1st: 4-5x seizure-ish. JULY (2x): 25th seizure-ish 3-4x. 17th (2x, thunderstorm). 9th TT. July 7th seizure-ish 4x. JUN (3x): 23rd (4): 11:30 12:15 14:00 15:06, 2 before, 2 after antihistamine, confused night, sleep meds too late etc. & 16th 20:05, 6th 2x. MAY (3x): 25th 2x, histamine & GABA, 14th. 13th (stress? GABA). APR (2x): Apr 16th 15th (GABA late, cold type symptoms = histamine), MAR (1x): 31st 19:00 (GABA, meeting), FEB 0x. JAN (3x): 15th pee urge 14th ?GABA 5th (scolded). DEC22 11th. NOV22 21st 2x.

Last esophagus BLOCKS: Jun 25th & May 7th 2024. Oct 21st 2023. Sep 30th, (25th,) 16th, 11th. Aug 31st, 26th & 8th, July 23rd & 16th, May 31st, Apr 4th. Deleted further details on/from Dec 30th 2023, cos last block worth counting on Oct 21st. Mindfulness, care, stop eating if slightest pressure, 0224-06-22: better acid / gut.

SELF-TREATMENT & SUPPS optimal, stable, but necessary, re-ordering silymarin Jun 24th. Carnitine Apr 14th-, Apr 13th EGCg, Apr 9th- creatine 2x5g (Mar 19th- 2g in the morning). Jan 16th: Less magnolia bark and pine bark cos of possible vertigo side effect. No ellagic acid (not convinced of use) or feverfew (serotonin and dizziness as possible side effect). LDN see separately. Jan 10th: ~29 supps + LDN (was 40) costs ~400€/m (was 350€/m) +20€/m cps. Last changes see before Aug 22nd 2023.)
SELF-PHYSIO: Always OK, see before Aug 22nd what I now always do when needed. Jaw-joint end of Sept. Nov: salivating technique(s) for dry mouth:
Supps: Re-order silymarin Jun 24th: praps anti-infl., anti-ox., praps praps detox (cf. Iberogast) & lipids), see research Jun 22nd. Carnitine Apr 14th-, EGCg Apr 13th-. LDN see separately. Mar 19th- creatine monohydrate 2g, then 5g before morning meal, next praps as malate. Jan 18th: Reduced vit. C to 3x400mg like Masterjohn suggests. Jan 10th 2024: 29 supps + LDN cost ?400€/m (was 395€/m) +20€/m cps. 16th: no feverfew (reduces serotonin, possible dizziness), less magnolia bark and pine bark (cos of possible dizziness/vertigo). 10th: no ellagic acid (not convinced of use). Dec 22nd/23rd: stopping ginkgo caused hearing, tinnitus & balance problems for 15h. Dec 19th/20th: DAO working for walnuts, but only 10% (on 13th) for baked beans, retried, but hardly useful. No/hardly B2 lately. Nattokinase Nov 4th- : 1x0.1g, from 15th 2x0.1g. Oct 16th: Silymarin 2x.5g now (till when?), LDN see separately. Deleted details Dec 30th: Stopped eleuthero, cos of BP. NADH. Theanine 2x0.1g since about Sept. Last changes see before Aug 22nd. For details on the lists, with dosing batches by times and tubs see before Aug 22nd:

No ‘research’ today

Quality of life: 90%

Lessons in self-care:

  • Maybe trying to keep away from my laptop in the daytime means getting less done and adding it on before bed?
  • If holding the camera is getting harder, it may be time to think about supps more, for body & brain fatigue.
  • Mixed up pills again, cos of not managing to get them all prepared. Dangerous esp. cos of GABA, like 9:29 I had 2 GABA pills in my hand and suddenly forgot what it was and took both, then realised 1 was meant for my 2nd meal. Had no bladder or seizure problems tho, and felt better during TT at 18:00. But still I need to prepare them better, in one go.
  • Feeding the guinea pig 4h/d I have to keep reminding myself is a big strain.
  • (Need to test my ‘new’ used (11 year old) laptop, everything was refurbished except the battery it seems, so on certain pages the ventilator goes on overdrive, like on the old one. Wondering if I should just get a new battery put in for 210€, cos together with the price it’s still OK.)
  • The problem with pushing thru the pain (like now standing more) is: being able to think / concentrate less. Pushing thru the fatigue even more so, another reason I can do less and less. I become less effective, thinks go wrong, so I have to repeat them, and it’s not enjoyable any more. So better decrease standing again.
  • With being outside, the machine noises in the neighbourhood aren’t good for me. (Same as with airing more, esp. at night.)
  • Bed before 23:00 helped → helps (of course…).

Reasons to be cheerful:
a)-d) Plant, bird & animal life:
a) Plants: (Newest blossoms)
Realising that all plants with big blossoms are not native, whether it’s hydrangea, suneyes/oxeyes, Rose campion, roses, evening primrose, and smaller a lot of the bellflowers too: trailing and Alba. So that means a lot of the flowers useful for bio-diversity, insects, birds, animals have small blossoms, less spectacular, and I have to get used to a green garden first. (Edit: But the tree blossoms, like the cornel cherry and cherry in the spring may be small, but make up for it by being a large amount.)
b) Birds:
Every day cheer, song/calls/seen: Woodpigeons :white_check_mark: Blackbird family less shy, subsong, short bursts of full song :white_check_mark: Robins short bursts :white_check_mark: Sparrows (:white_check_mark:) Blackcap singing only at TT (:white_check_mark:) Swifts 10x :white_check_mark:, Magpies :white_check_mark: Jacks :white_check_mark:, bathing 10x/d :white_check_mark:, Crow :white_check_mark:, Great Tits (nesting box) & BlueTits :white_check_mark:, Collared dove :white_check_mark:.
Latest / earliest robin song: …22:30/ <4:00…

(Regular cheer, song/calls/seen - Chaffinch :white_check_mark:, Chiffchaff :white_check_mark:, Wren song and family here less (:white_check_mark:), Great Woodpeckers left mid-June but back around 30th :white_check_mark:, all song thrushes singing a lot again nearby :white_check_mark:), Dunnocks 0, Nuthatches 0.

  • 11:37 incited robin to sing by playing a recording. I was actually looking for a wren, but a robin is on the same recording and he heard it.
  • 11:50 young blackbird again near me, less shy.
  • 13:49/13:55 wren!? Bathing: small, but darker than wren, fluttering tail, but not upwards), before him GreatTit. BlueTit in feeding bowl. Before the woodpigeon pair.
  • 16:51 maybe woodpecker.
  • 16:56 The GreatTits(s) have flown out, and they have black areas like the BlueTit(s). Strange. I hope they’re OK. 17:35 managed to film the GreatTits. Been making one hell of a noise all day.
  • 17:50 Robin alarm call too, thought it might be the wren first, but then saw him chirp.
  • 18:25 2 woodpigeons cooing at exactly the same time, same rhythm, same speed, one high and emphatic, one low and calm, just one stopped before the other. Never heard that coincidence happen before.
  • 4:35 on the dawn chorus tape it’s actually my Blackie singing from 4:35-4:40 and 2x short motifs 5 and 10’ later.
  • 7:44 chiffchaff

c) Animals: (guinea pig antics :white_check_mark:. Redbrown squirrel in cornel cherry and feeding bowl :white_check_mark:)
Bats (:white_check_mark:) Bank vole(s) (:white_check_mark:). Insects: bees, flies, spiders, butterflies & bugs :white_check_mark:. Snails & slugs :white_check_mark:.

  • 11:49 funny I heard the “kissing” type sound to warn everyone I’m around, so they’re not startled. Then saw it came from squirrel above me in the elderberry next to the nest. Has he copied that from me?
  • 12:09 bank vole coming ‘home’ to the insect palace.

e) Human life: (TT laughter (after all) :white_check_mark: Skip-Bo :white_check_mark: Wife :white_check_mark: Art: my paintings :white_check_mark: Music listening (:white_check_mark:) Nice talks (:white_check_mark:))
f) Environment: (outdoors/fresh air :white_check_mark:.)
g) Body: (“Theoretical” energy 30% (:white_check_mark:).)

Foggies: (Body (:x:). Brain (:x:).)
Forgetting supps: dangerous, esp. GABA.

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More details before Aug 22nd.
Entry changes (June 19th 2023)
Biggest successes (June 18th 2023)
Summary of fibro 2020-2021, jabs 2022 and first half of 2023