Go Low, Go Slow …

The above motto is the only thing I’ve retained from the exercise program I invested in September 2022. It was a disaster.

Graded exerecise is one of the worst things I could’ve done for my ME/CFS. In my defence, I was under the impression I’d fully recovered.

So. The motto. I apply it to every kind of new thing I need to adapt to, and this week that is LDN (Low Dose Naltrexone)

Last week’s dose of 0.1 mg per day went down very well. I had a great week, suddenly with a lot more energy every day!

Which felt amazing! I haven’t that kind of energy for years! And so much less pain. That means a dive down of inflammation.

These have to be taken at night. And their so-called half life is 4-6 hours. Meaning most of their strength is gone by morning.

This week I’m taking 0.2 mgs a day, at night. First 2 days I had a fatigue slump at 11 AM that lasted till about 2PM. Third day the slump started esrlier. Today, I slumped at 10 PM and am still in it at 6.45 PM.

Tonight I’m going back to 0.1 mg … going low and going slow. We’ll see what happens

My sky pic is from Saturday 5PM, beautiful!

Washed …

With water, vinegar and more water, the mystery stone is starting to give up its secrets.

When I washed it with vinegar the outer sandy-looking layer immediately began to melt. So that’s a limestone layer, I assume.

There appears to be a hole or cracked area in the center and a weird straight sliver in the upper left. That doesnt feel stony. Wonder if it could possibly be petrified wood?

This is a side shot. Another or same insertion … a sliver of something. Although, that area is also reminiscent of the bunch of leaf-thin layers.

And then that black circle … is it animal, vegetable or mineral? It looks like lichen. Too bad I don’t have a microscope. I wonder what mineral could make that yellow. Doesn’t look like sulfur. [I learnt ‘sulphur’ for that word.]

Getting more and more interesting.

The inside has to dry before I can get a good image.

Out Walking …

My first walk around the block … south along Carindale Street, east up hill and down on Winstanley Road, then north along Surbiton until Banchory Court.

It seemed a long way but at only about 2000 steps which equals about one kilometer, not very far at all.

Not yet off the premises, discovered that this plant, that I had thought non-flowering, is blooming.

Saw a few fungi … maybe three different species. Here’s one …

Last, a real surprise. A tiny native violet in amongst all the sturdy fast-growing exotics…

That one could’ve been sharper. My apologies. It was a long way down and shadowed by that plant adjacent.

I wonder if there’s an FB page for feral lego?

Washed …

With water, vinegar and more water, the mystery stone is starting to give up its secrets.

When I washed it with vinegar the outer sandy-looking layer immediately began to melt. So that’s a limestone layer, I assume.

There appears to be a hole or cracked area in the center and a weird straight sliver in the upper left. That doesnt feel stony. Wonder if it could possibly be petrified wood?

This is a side shot. Another or same insertion … a sliver of something. Although, that area is also reminiscent of the bunch of leaf-thin layers.

Getting more and more interesting.

The inside has to dry before I can get a good image.

Mystery Rock …

This rock, which is about the size of a large orange and weighs about a kilo, (2.2 pounds) was collected for me while the family were out looking for ‘thunder eggs’. A common activity in Northern NSW and southern Queensland.

While this one hasn’t got the simple perfection of the much covetted ‘real’ thunder eggs, I like it because it is so complex inside the nodule.

In places there look to be more than a dozen layers. Thicker and also leaf-thin. There are a couple of crystals according to the errant glitter, and areas that look like spongy bone marrow.

The outside appears to be covered with a layer of fossilised clay. There does look to be some soil encrusted in the inside but I could be wrong. I will wash it and see.