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  • Into town and back

    Nolan27 Apr 2025quietly 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

    Norah27 Apr 2025warm 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

    Odile27 Apr 2025quietly 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

    Ottoline27 Apr 2025heard 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

    Sadie27 Apr 2025organised 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

    Sara27 Apr 2025frustrated 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

    Aria26 Apr 2025heard 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

    Bo26 Apr 2025warm 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

    Clemmie26 Apr 2025proud, 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

    Gil26 Apr 2025steady 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

    Harri26 Apr 2025warm 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

    Minnie26 Apr 2025steady 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

    Rin26 Apr 2025loved 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

    Tam26 Apr 2025organised 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

    Ted26 Apr 2025steady 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

    Viv26 Apr 2025grateful 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

    Winnie26 Apr 2025steady 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

    Wystan26 Apr 2025fine 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

    Matt25 Apr 2025organised 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

    Birdie25 Apr 2025heard 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

    Cato25 Apr 2025pleased 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

    Clemmie25 Apr 2025delighted 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

    Dev25 Apr 2025pleased 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

    Esme25 Apr 2025rested 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…