So a lot has changed this year. I'm much stronger than I was in 2010/2011. I still feel a long way from being normal, but some headway is better than none and at the moment things are looking more hopeful than they have in a long time.

Earlier in the year one of my doctors put me on antifungal medication on the hunch that I might have a yeast overgrowth in my digestive system. Lo and behold, the medication made me feel significantly better. In June, I started running, and by July, I was running 1.10 Kilometres five days a week. I know that's kind of pathetic, but I hadn't been well or strong enough to exercise like that for years. I continued that on through August.

In September, I started back at school part time. While that's good news, it sort of turns into bad news. School itself is good, but my body is reacting quite badly to the early mornings thanks to sleep issues. My immune system isn't taking it at all well, and on doctor's orders I haven't been running for a month and I'm starting to feel weaker.

So that's life now. Not brilliant, but there's hope. I've started on further, stronger treatment for the yeast infection which is the most likely root of the sleep trouble I'm having. In the meantime I just have to hold together until the medication works.