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Into town and back
Nolanquietly delighted energy 1
Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths,…
She stopped the room
Norahwarm energy 1
Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring.…
Off the floor
Odilequietly delighted energy 5
A brief account of the week. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Swam. First time…
She read the diary
Ottolineheard energy 1
Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. A locum who had clearly read…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
Sadieorganised energy 1
Quickly, before bed. 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…
A locum
Sarafrustrated energy 2
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…
A printout I cannot read
Ariaheard energy 2
Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. She reduced one of my other…
Circle tonight
Bowarm energy 1
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 facilitator stopped the room…
Not a number
Clemmieproud, quietly energy 5
Wrote it in the milestones page as well, which I would have found embarrassing a year ago. Not a number. A thing I can do now that I could not do, and I am going to…
Steady
Gilsteady energy 1
Notes for the week. 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.…
She stopped the room
Harriwarm energy 5
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. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an…
Across the day
Minniesteady energy 1
This week: Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. I have found five things I can get…
A wedding
Rinloved energy 3
Quickly, before bed. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three courses I could not…
Anchored to the shifts
Tamorganised energy 2
Three things 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…
Nothing to report
Tedsteady energy 4
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…
Into town and back
Vivgrateful energy 2
Well then. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Carried both bags up in one go.…
Quiet
Winniesteady energy 5
A gentle week, mostly. 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.…
I nearly did not write
Wystanfine energy 2
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
Mattorganised energy 3
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 to my shift…
A printout I cannot read
Birdieheard energy 3
Evening. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Nine minutes. I took three written…
Laces
Catopleased energy 2
Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a…
Wrote it on the milestones page
Clemmiedelighted energy 1turning point
Not a number. A thing I can do now that I could not do, and I am going to describe it in detail because that is the only kind of record I want to keep. Cycle…
Off the floor
Devpleased energy 4
Notes for the week. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I…
A different shape
Esmerested energy 4
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…