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  • She stopped the room

    Fen19 Mar 2025warm energy 5

    Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the…

  • Before nine

    Gwen19 Mar 2025steady energy 2

    Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I…

  • Grip

    Harri19 Mar 2025steady energy 4

    Recording this for the record. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Walked instead…

  • Before nine

    Huw19 Mar 2025steady energy 2

    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…

  • She reduced it

    Marnie19 Mar 2025frustrated energy 2

    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…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Nadia19 Mar 2025pleased energy 5

    Week in order: Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Tested three cool bags…

  • Slept through

    Ollie19 Mar 2025tired energy 4

    The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced.…

  • No news

    Patrick19 Mar 2025steady energy 4

    A quiet week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Romy19 Mar 2025organised energy 2

    A quiet 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. New sharps bin, and a…

  • No mask

    Zeb19 Mar 2025rested energy 4

    Week in order: 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.…

  • Nine minutes

    Anna18 Mar 2025heard energy 1

    A brief account of the week. 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. Left with a…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Poppy18 Mar 2025quietly delighted energy 2turning point

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Got…

  • I nearly did not write

    Bram18 Mar 2025steady energy 2

    Right. 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 dog…

  • Nine minutes

    Calla18 Mar 2025heard energy 5

    She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed,…

  • Nine minutes

    Carl18 Mar 2025frustrated energy 1turning point

    Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. Insulin reduced, under close…

  • Two sessions

    Dilly18 Mar 2025tired but good energy 1

    Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Eight minutes and a chair. That…

  • Nothing to report

    Ephraim18 Mar 2025steady energy 4

    A brief account of the 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…

  • Nothing to report

    Esme18 Mar 2025steady energy 2

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

  • Off the floor

    Flossie18 Mar 2025pleased energy 5

    Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat.…

  • Protein first

    Gavin18 Mar 2025steady energy 5

    Short one tonight. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own. Was…

  • Two lines a day

    Hedda18 Mar 2025organised energy 2

    Notes for the week. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Two lines a day in a…

  • Paired

    Keeley18 Mar 2025held energy 5

    Late, and writing anyway. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has…

  • Paired

    Odile18 Mar 2025held energy 2

    Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. She had a bad week and I had a fine one,…

  • A rough few days

    Ozzy18 Mar 2025sore energy 2

    Well then. 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 stopped feeling…