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Dora’s journal
Spreadsheets are how I cope. Sorry in advance.
Steady
week 21fine energy 23 replies
Week in order: Steady. That is the whole entry. 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…
A printout I cannot read
week 20heard energy 2
Week in order: Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I…
Iron and B12
week 19pleased energy 21 reply
Week in order: A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had…
A1c down
week 18relieved energy 54 replies
Week in order: A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. First quarterly panel. Explained reference ranges to the…
Where the pen lives
week 18organised energy 12 replies
Week in order: New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system…
No news
week 17flat energy 23 replies
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. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked,…
Two lengths, badly
week 16pleased energy 21 reply
Three things this week. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Tied my own laces…
Before nine
week 15steady energy 13 replies
Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a…
An unremarkable week
week 15fine energy 43 replies
Week in order: An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is well, the…
A plain question
week 14steady energy 13 replies
Three things this week. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I had actually eaten in the last two days and I heard my own answer.…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 13organised energy 32 replies
Three things this week. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision. Anchored injection day…
Steady
week 12fine energy 23 replies
Steady. That is the whole entry. 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. An…
No news
week 11flat energy 13 replies
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. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked,…
An unremarkable week
week 10fine energy 51 reply
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is well, the weather has…
Not writing about this would be dishonest
week 10sore energy 4
A rough few days. Not dangerous, just relentlessly unpleasant, the kind of unwell where you cannot read and cannot sleep and cannot settle to anything. Charted her nausea…
Into town and back
week 9quietly delighted energy 31 reply
Week in order: Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Got down on the…
Sunday lunch
week 9loved energy 51 reply
Week in order: Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long…
Steady
week 8flat energy 21 reply
Three things this week. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the…
No news
week 7flat energy 53 replies
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. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked,…
Two sessions
week 6tired but good energy 3
Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme.…