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  • Come back in a year

    Gwenda6 Apr 2025pleased energy 5

    This week: Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang…

  • A locum

    Harri6 Apr 2025brisk energy 1

    Notes for the week. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got…

  • She reduced it

    Hedda6 Apr 2025brisk energy 5

    She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried…

  • My mother cooks

    Héloïse6 Apr 2025loved energy 2

    A brief account of the week. 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…

  • What is your secret

    Marnie6 Apr 2025loved energy 1

    Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was…

  • Nothing to report

    Mo6 Apr 2025fine energy 4

    Three things this week. 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.…

  • A different shape

    Nadia6 Apr 2025tired energy 2

    Three things this week. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find…

  • Starters as a main

    Norah6 Apr 2025warm energy 3

    Right. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. My mother cooks. That…

  • She stopped the room

    Odile6 Apr 2025warm energy 5

    A brief account of the week. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the…

  • An unremarkable week

    Ollie6 Apr 2025steady energy 3

    A gentle week, mostly. 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.…

  • Back without making it up

    Prue6 Apr 2025tired but good energy 5

    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…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Sam6 Apr 2025grateful energy 2

    Recording this for the record. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Carried both bags up in one go. Small…

  • An unremarkable week

    Sonia6 Apr 2025flat energy 2

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…

  • No mask

    Tam6 Apr 2025rested energy 4

    The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so…

  • She read the diary

    Tulla6 Apr 2025frustrated energy 4

    Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. She reduced one of my other medications. I…

  • Before nine

    Anna5 Apr 2025steady energy 2

    A brief account of the week. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Protein first,…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Ashwin5 Apr 2025organised energy 1

    Three things this week. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. New sharps bin, and a plan for…

  • Grip

    Bel5 Apr 2025tired but good energy 5

    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…

  • Steady

    Bodhi5 Apr 2025steady energy 4

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the…

  • I nearly did not write

    Gwen5 Apr 2025flat energy 2

    This week: 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.…

  • The limits of yoghurt

    Hannah5 Apr 2025steady energy 5

    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. Spread it across…

  • No news

    Lu5 Apr 2025steady energy 4

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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…

  • Laces

    Martha5 Apr 2025quietly delighted energy 4

    A brief account of the week. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it…

  • Quiet

    Patrick5 Apr 2025fine energy 2

    Late, and writing anyway. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept…