Journal
Rowan’s journal
Rural, four hours from the nearest prescriber. Learning the system.
Nothing happened again
week 87content energy 34 replies
This week: Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to say so, because nobody wrote this part down for me. Steady. Writes about the…
Where the pen lives
week 74organised energy 12 replies
This week: Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four months. Small logistics…
The list on the fridge
week 71steady energy 33 replies
Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it…
Anchored to the shifts
week 68organised energy 3
Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens…
The overdue conversation
week 65pinched energy 22 replies
Price went up mid-year and I had a very unglamorous evening with a calculator and a cup of tea. What this has displaced in the budget: the car being fixed, and a holiday. I…
What it displaced
week 62pinched energy 22 replies
This week: Price went up mid-year and I had a very unglamorous evening with a calculator and a cup of tea. Fuel to appointments turned out to cost more than the prescription.…
Before nine
week 62steady energy 43 replies
This week: Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the…
Awake at four
week 59tired energy 24 replies
This week: Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other…
Dreams
week 56tired energy 34 replies
Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in…
Quiet
week 52flat energy 13 replies
I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks. Steady. That is the whole…
I nearly did not write
week 49flat energy 33 replies
This week: Steady. That is the whole entry. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression…
Protein first
week 46steady energy 53 replies
Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I had actually…
Come back in a year
week 45relieved energy 52 replies
This week: Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. A1c down, feet checked, first unremarkable…
She read the diary
week 43brisk energy 4
Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Nine minutes. I took three written questions…
Back without making it up
week 40tired but good energy 52 replies
Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the…
Laces
week 37pleased energy 41 reply
This week: Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that…
No mask
week 35tired energy 44 replies
This week: Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other…
What is your secret
week 31warm energy 51 reply
This week: Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working…
The question I had been avoiding
week 30brisk energy 54 replies
This week: Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. Telehealth review that saved an…
Walking
week 28tired but good energy 52 replies
This week: Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make…