Stage and season
Just starting
For the first fortnight, when nothing makes sense yet.
This is the door. If you have a pen in the fridge and a knot in your stomach, you are exactly who this circle is for. We meet weekly and the same questions come round every week on purpose, because for whoever is asking, it is the first time.
Nobody here will tell you what to take. What we can do is tell you what the first fortnight was actually like for us, which nobody had told us, and sit with you while you work out what you want to ask your own prescriber.
Who this circle is for
- You have just been prescribed something and have not started yet
- You are in your first two or three weeks
- You started months ago but never got the orientation and would like it now
- You are supporting someone who has just started
Agreements here
- No dose advice, ever — we share what we did, not what you should do
- The obvious question is always welcome, and nobody sighs
I am starting on Thursday and I would like company
Tommie12 replies
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The pharmacist was in a hurry and I did not ask anything
Ollie8 replies
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Do I need to change how I eat straight away
Carl18 replies
Something I have been sitting with: Do I need to change how I eat straight away Not looking for advice so much as other people's experience. I have been reading here for a few weeks and…
I have read too much and now I am frightened of everything
Saskia17 replies
Something I have been sitting with: I have read too much and now I am frightened of everything Not looking for advice so much as other people's experience. I do not know if this belongs in…
How long before you noticed anything at all
Delphi13 replies
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The leaflet is nine pages of worst cases and I cannot unread it
Tycho18 replies
Something I have been sitting with: The leaflet is nine pages of worst cases and I cannot unread it Not looking for advice so much as other people's experience. I have been reading here…
Nobody warned me the first week would be so boring
Osric7 replies
Plain speaker, so here it is plainly. I had braced for a fortnight of misery. I read the leaflet twice, told my wife where the bucket was, took the Friday off work, and cancelled a lunch.…
My first injection went fine and I want to say so in case that helps
Bodhi19 replies
Starting a thread on this because it keeps coming up in ones and twos: My first injection went fine and I want to say so in case that helps Long one, sorry. I have been chewing on this for…
Is it meant to feel like this or have I done it wrong
Osip20 replies
Is it meant to feel like this or have I done it wrong Writing it down partly to work out what I actually think. I have been reading here for a few weeks and have not posted, so this is me…
What questions did you take to your first follow-up
Tommie14 replies
A question rather than an update: What questions did you take to your first follow-up Writing this partly to ask and partly because writing it down usually tells me what I think. What I…
I have the pen in the fridge and I have not touched it for four days
Seren22 replies
A question rather than an update: I have the pen in the fridge and I have not touched it for four days I have been reading here for a few weeks and have not posted, so this is me posting.…
I asked one question and got eleven answers
Peronel8 repliesfacilitator note
This is not a complaint about anyone. I want to say that first because I think what happened is what happens when people are kind and enthusiastic at the same time. I asked, on Tuesday,…
My pen has been in the fridge for nine days
Freya8 repliesfacilitator note
I picked it up on the twenty-eighth of March. It has been in the fridge door behind a jar of rhubarb jam ever since, and every single day I have opened the fridge, looked at the box, and…
I am starting at 62 and I feel late to everything
Cormac22 replies
I am starting at 62 and I feel late to everything — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. I have been reading here for a few weeks and have not posted, so…