Journal
Calla’s journal
Down here it is all telehealth and patience.
Before nine
week 43steady energy 13 replies
A quiet week. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Spread it across the day instead of trying…
Grip
week 40tired but good energy 52 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Came back after a bad…
No news
week 38fine energy 43 replies
A quiet week. Steady. That is the whole entry. 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…
A calculator and a cup of tea
week 35pinched energy 34 replies
A quiet week. Told my partner what it actually costs. That conversation was overdue by about four months. What this has displaced in the budget: the car being fixed, and a…
The arithmetic
week 33pinched energy 52 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Told my partner what it actually costs. That conversation was overdue by about four months. No subsidy. Honest arithmetic in public. What this has…
Nine minutes
week 30heard energy 52 replies
She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed, and I…
Starters as a main
week 28loved energy 51 reply
Short one tonight. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can,…
Steady
week 25fine energy 13 replies
Late, and writing anyway. 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. No…
Circle tonight
week 22warm energy 24 replies
Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which…
A printout I cannot read
week 19frustrated energy 22 replies
Late, and writing anyway. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed, and I have booked with my own GP for next month. Left with a printout I…
An unremarkable week
week 17flat energy 21 reply
A quiet week. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. Quiet. Injection Tuesday,…
Sore and slow
week 14sore energy 33 replies
The nausea has a shape to it now. Thursday teatime it starts, Friday it peaks, Saturday afternoon it lifts. Once I could see the pattern it stopped feeling like something…
Not writing about this would be dishonest
week 13sore energy 43 replies
A quiet week. Bad week and I am writing it down anyway, because a journal that only contains the good weeks would be a lie and no use to anybody reading it later. Mild. Cramp…
Walking
week 11tired but good energy 52 replies
Short one tonight. 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. Two sessions this…
No news
week 8fine energy 43 replies
Short one tonight. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is…
Grip
week 6tired but good energy 22 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March, and he…
Steady
week 3steady energy 53 replies
A quiet week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a…
Standing in the kitchen
week 1hopeful energy 13 replies
A quiet week. I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. A long telehealth wait and then a…