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She noticed first
Odileheld energy 3
A brief account of the week. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights,…
Where the pen lives
Rillaorganised energy 1
Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four months. Two lines a day in a…
Two nights in
Tamsore energy 4turning point
Two nights in, home now. Everyone was kind and nobody made me feel stupid for coming in, which was the thing I had been most afraid of. Gallbladder out. Wrote about…
Quiet
Tansysteady energy 5
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. Nothing to report.…
A wedding
Tinukeloved energy 1turning point
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Navigating a family celebration without explaining herself. Somebody asked what my…
Slept through
Tobyfoggy energy 2
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 better, and I cannot…
Nothing to report
Annasteady energy 2
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…
Where the pen lives
Noahorganised energy 3
Well then. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Batch cooked on a good day…
Grip
Bertietired but good energy 4turning point
A brief account of the week. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Chair-based…
Both bags, one go
Brunoquietly delighted energy 4
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. Tied my own laces standing up. I am…
Sunday night, four lines
Esmeheld 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.…
Flat, whole night
Freyapleased energy 5
Quickly, before bed. 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. Full shift on my feet and…
Sunday night, four lines
Gavinheld energy 2
Late, and writing anyway. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the whole mechanism. My buddy noticed…
Eight minutes and a chair
Gwendatired but good energy 3
This week: Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Two sessions this week, both short, both done.…
Six labelled boxes
Harlanpleased energy 5
Notes for the week. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Tested three cool bags against a…
The pattern of it
Héloïseflat energy 3
A brief account of the week. Constipation, which I have avoided writing about for six weeks out of pure squeamishness. It is the thing making me most miserable and I…
From the bottom
Izzyrelieved energy 1
Well then. The shame about the gap was worse than any side effect I have had. Six people in circle said "yes, me, twice", and it went. Second time and it is…
A wedding
Maritwarm energy 4
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…
Propped up on pillows
Morough energy 2turning point
Headache for three days running. It turned out I had barely drunk anything since Tuesday. Water, then a slow improvement, then feeling faintly stupid. Manageable,…
Paired
Morayheld energy 4
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,…
Eight minutes and a chair
Nedtired but good energy 4
A quiet week. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March, and he is…
I nearly did not write
Pamflat energy 1
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is well, the…
The limits of yoghurt
Ruthiesteady 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. Got something with…
Starters as a main
Solomonwarm energy 4
Three things this 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 solved.…