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  • Quiet

    Ashwin12 May 2025steady energy 5

    Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. An unremarkable…

  • A printout I cannot read

    Bex12 May 2025brisk energy 5

    Quickly, before bed. 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. Took the diary in. She…

  • She reduced it

    Bruno12 May 2025heard energy 1

    Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which…

  • I nearly did not write

    Fen12 May 2025steady energy 2

    Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Flat again. Good.

  • Anchored to the shifts

    Freya12 May 2025organised energy 1

    Quickly, before bed. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Two lines a day in a paper diary.…

  • Sunday night, four lines

    Gwen12 May 2025held energy 3

    Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing…

  • Grip

    Hannah12 May 2025tired but good energy 1

    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. Two sessions this…

  • I nearly did not write

    Moss12 May 2025fine energy 3

    An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it.…

  • An hour on the floor

    Nix12 May 2025pleased energy 5

    Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing.…

  • I liked it before

    Saoirse12 May 2025tired of it energy 2turning point

    I liked my body before, actually, and I resent the assumption that I could not have. A hard month, handled in the body-image circle. Somebody said I looked well and…

  • I nearly did not write

    Stefan12 May 2025fine energy 2

    Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. Steady. That is…

  • Both bags, one go

    Sonia12 May 2025quietly delighted energy 4

    Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Tied my own laces standing up. I…

  • Quiet

    Tarn12 May 2025steady energy 4

    This week: Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing.…

  • A wedding

    Tavia12 May 2025warm energy 2

    Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation…

  • It is coming back

    Thea12 May 2025quiet energy 5turning point

    A brief account of the week. The hum is back, quieter. I panicked when it started returning and Jonah pointed out, mildly, that nobody had promised it was permanent.…

  • Unpleasant, not dangerous

    Tilda12 May 2025sore energy 4turning point

    Week in order: Cramp in both calves in the night, twice this week. Mentioned it and had bloods done rather than being told to eat a banana, which I appreciated.…

  • Somebody new

    Toby12 May 2025warm energy 2

    Quickly, before bed. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. The…

  • I nearly did not write

    Kate11 May 2025fine energy 3turning point

    Right. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. A long quiet spring with nothing to report, recorded anyway. An…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Abel11 May 2025organised energy 4

    A brief account of the week. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. New…

  • The bad fortnight

    Ammi11 May 2025sore energy 5

    Late, and writing anyway. 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…

  • No news

    Calla11 May 2025fine energy 4

    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…

  • Eight minutes and a chair

    Gigi11 May 2025tired but good energy 1

    Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two…

  • Iron and B12

    Gwyneth11 May 2025relieved energy 2

    Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference…

  • Steady

    Hedda11 May 2025steady energy 3

    Notes for the week. Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Done.