Journal
Gwen’s journal
Welsh, stubborn, doing fine.
Back without making it up
week 94tired but good energy 52 replies
This week: 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 is annoyingly…
Reduced
week 92settled energy 41 reply
Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady. 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…
A plain question
week 92steady energy 43 replies
Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have…
Two sessions
week 89tired but good energy 52 replies
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 fortnight without trying to make…
Anchored to the shifts
week 87organised energy 52 replies
Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and…
Awake at four
week 85foggy energy 4
Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just…
Before nine
week 82steady energy 23 replies
This week: Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the…
An unremarkable week
week 79fine 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 lines a day
week 76organised energy 52 replies
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. Small logistics win: worked out…
No mask
week 74tired energy 34 replies
This week: Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Waking at four again. Not…
Come back in a year
week 72relieved energy 24 replies
This week: Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a come-back-in-a-year before. Fine. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then…
Nothing to report
week 71flat energy 23 replies
This week: An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Steady. That is the whole entry. Getting on with it.
Slept through
week 69rested energy 44 replies
Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just…
Paired
week 66held energy 44 replies
This week: Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most…
A wedding
week 64loved energy 41 reply
My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be solved. A wedding. Three courses I could…
Across the day
week 61steady energy 43 replies
Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have…
Dreams
week 59foggy energy 54 replies
This week: Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Waking at four again. Not…
Steady
week 56flat energy 43 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. Getting…
A new bin and a plan
week 54organised energy 42 replies
Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and…
A different shape
week 51tired energy 4
Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just…