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  • Where the pen lives

    Rin18 Feb 2025organised energy 3

    Quickly, before bed. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. New sharps bin, and…

  • A plain question

    Pam18 Feb 2025steady energy 5

    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. Spread it across the…

  • Both bags, one go

    Posy18 Feb 2025quietly delighted energy 1

    Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. 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.…

  • Nobody piled on

    Salma18 Feb 2025held energy 5

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Jonah said something to me in circle that I did not want to hear. He said it once, kindly, in front of everybody, and then he…

  • Nine minutes

    Sara18 Feb 2025brisk energy 5

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an…

  • Three cool bags and a thermometer

    Sorrel18 Feb 2025pleased energy 4

    Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. New sharps bin, and a plan for what…

  • My mother cooks

    Toby18 Feb 2025loved energy 2

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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.…

  • The question I had been avoiding

    Zeb18 Feb 2025brisk energy 4

    Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. Asked the question I had been…

  • Back without making it up

    Anna17 Feb 2025tired but good energy 3

    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. Grip strength has gone off and I…

  • Beginning, badly

    Abel17 Feb 2025nervous energy 1turning point

    A brief account of the week. The pharmacist talked me through it very fast and I nodded at all of it and retained about a third. I have written down the bits I…

  • Starters as a main

    Ammi17 Feb 2025loved energy 4

    Short one tonight. 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…

  • A locum

    Bruno17 Feb 2025heard energy 1

    Evening. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her…

  • A wedding

    Esme17 Feb 2025loved energy 2turning point

    Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A long entry about eating out in France with a small appetite.…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Florrie17 Feb 2025pleased energy 2turning point

    Evening. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, then got up. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Grandkids at…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Harri17 Feb 2025organised energy 1

    Recording this for the record. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Anchored…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Huw17 Feb 2025organised energy 2

    This week: Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Anchored injection day to my…

  • She reduced it

    Lu17 Feb 2025heard energy 5

    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 read…

  • She reduced it

    Maple17 Feb 2025heard energy 4

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. She…

  • An hour on the floor

    Nix17 Feb 2025quietly delighted energy 1

    Notes for the week. 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.…

  • Paired

    Ravi17 Feb 2025held energy 2

    Recording this for the record. 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. Paired up. We text…

  • The arithmetic

    Sadie17 Feb 2025clear-eyed energy 3

    Quickly, before bed. What this has displaced in the budget: the car being fixed, and a holiday. I have decided that is the right trade for now and I reserve the right…

  • Holding here

    Stefan17 Feb 2025steady energy 1turning point

    I have been at the same step for five months and every clinician I meet seems mildly surprised. It is working. I am not moving. Asked to go back down and felt like a…

  • A1c down

    Ted17 Feb 2025pleased energy 5turning point

    A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. A1c down. Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have…

  • Off the floor

    Mina16 Feb 2025pleased energy 5turning point

    Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Walked up to the castle without stopping. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Sat on the…