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Quiet
Mattflat energy 1
This week: Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
Ambroseheld energy 4
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 quietly become the most…
Off the floor
Ashgrateful energy 4
Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Swam. First time since school. Two…
Before nine
Ashwinsteady energy 2turning point
Three things this week. 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…
No news
Blyflat energy 2
Short one tonight. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by…
What is your secret
Brunoawkward energy 3
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 solved. Starters as a main…
She reduced it
Catofrustrated energy 2
This 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 three…
The limits of yoghurt
Clemmiesteady energy 1
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Spread it across the day instead of trying to…
Steady
Gilfine 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. I nearly did not…
Two lines a day
Gillyorganised energy 4
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…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
Gusorganised energy 3
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Two lines a day in…
A1c down
Gwendapleased energy 2turning point
Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me. A1c down. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my…
Dreams
Harlanfoggy energy 4
Notes for the week. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not…
Fewer, heavier
Harritired but good energy 3
Notes for the week. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it…
Sunday night, four lines
Ikeheld energy 3
Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing…
Walking
Lutired but good energy 4
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in…
An unremarkable week
Morayflat energy 5
Well then. 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. Quiet.…
Starters as a main
Nualaloved energy 2
Right. 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 solved. Somebody asked…
Somebody new
Raviwarm energy 4
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. Went for the practical answers and…
Slept through
Tamtired energy 3
Week in order: 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.…
Stayed for the company
Ammiwarm energy 5
Late, and writing anyway. 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…
Into town and back
Bodhiquietly delighted energy 4
Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Full shift on my feet and my knees…
Before nine
Devsteady energy 1
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…
Flat, not sad
Kaibetter energy 5turning point
Therapy alongside this has been the useful part. The medication changed the volume; the therapy is doing the work. Told his prescriber about the mood change rather…