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  • Quiet

    Lil22 Mar 2025fine energy 2

    An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken…

  • Slept through

    Ned22 Mar 2025foggy 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. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort…

  • Sunday night, four lines

    Pippa22 Mar 2025held energy 2

    My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before.…

  • She read the diary

    Posy22 Mar 2025heard energy 5

    This week: 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…

  • Laces

    Rafe22 Mar 2025grateful energy 2

    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…

  • I nearly did not write

    Sorrel22 Mar 2025fine energy 1

    This 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. No news. The…

  • She stopped the room

    Zoë22 Mar 2025warm energy 1

    Quickly, before bed. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of…

  • Protein first

    Rohan21 Mar 2025steady energy 1

    Recording this for the record. 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…

  • She stopped the room

    Ambrose21 Mar 2025warm energy 1

    A brief account of the week. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour,…

  • A printout I cannot read

    Bay21 Mar 2025frustrated energy 3turning point

    A gentle week, mostly. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Treated, and it settled. Left with a printout I…

  • A printout I cannot read

    Bea21 Mar 2025frustrated energy 5turning point

    Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. A fertility conversation that went better than…

  • An hour on the floor

    Birdie21 Mar 2025grateful energy 5

    Evening. 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. Tied my own laces standing up. I am…

  • Quiet

    Clemmie21 Mar 2025fine 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. Quiet. Injection…

  • A locum

    Freya21 Mar 2025brisk energy 5

    Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was…

  • No news

    Holly21 Mar 2025steady energy 4

    Late, and writing anyway. 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…

  • Dreams

    Ike21 Mar 2025tired energy 3

    This week: Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off.…

  • The volume and the work

    Kai21 Mar 2025better energy 5

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Therapy alongside this has been the useful part. The medication changed the volume; the therapy is doing the work. Told my…

  • Grip

    Lu21 Mar 2025tired but good energy 1

    Quickly, before bed. 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 week,…

  • What is your secret

    Maeve21 Mar 2025loved energy 2

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

  • What is your secret

    Norah21 Mar 2025loved energy 5

    Well then. 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.…

  • Steady

    Rin21 Mar 2025flat energy 3

    Quickly, before bed. 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…

  • Two lines a day

    Pam21 Mar 2025organised energy 4

    A brief account of the 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. Batch…

  • She reduced it

    Rilla21 Mar 2025brisk energy 5

    Quick one. 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. Nine minutes. I took three…

  • Slept through

    Salma21 Mar 2025tired energy 2

    Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other…