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  • Nothing to report

    Col25 Jan 2025steady energy 2

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept…

  • My mother cooks

    Gavin25 Jan 2025loved energy 4

    Late, and writing anyway. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I…

  • Laces

    Gwen25 Jan 2025quietly delighted energy 4turning point

    This week: Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Full shift, no knee pain. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without…

  • An unremarkable week

    Hattie25 Jan 2025flat energy 2

    An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then…

  • Iron and B12

    Hedda25 Jan 2025relieved energy 1turning point

    Notes for the week. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not subtle. A1c down. Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a…

  • My mother cooks

    Inês25 Jan 2025awkward energy 2

    Late, and writing anyway. 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.…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Keeley25 Jan 2025organised energy 5

    Late, and writing anyway. 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. Tested three…

  • The list on the fridge

    Ned25 Jan 2025steady energy 5

    Late, and writing anyway. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. I have found five things…

  • I nearly did not write

    Norah25 Jan 2025steady energy 4

    Right. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday,…

  • A locum

    Prue25 Jan 2025heard energy 2turning point

    Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Asked her GP four written questions and got…

  • Dreams

    Aleks24 Jan 2025foggy energy 5

    Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the…

  • Flat, whole night

    Ambrose24 Jan 2025pleased energy 4

    Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever…

  • The first one

    Ammi24 Jan 2025nervous energy 3turning point

    The leaflet is nine pages and about seven of them are worst cases. I have read it three times, which was three times too many, and I am now going to stop reading it.…

  • The question I had been avoiding

    Ashwin24 Jan 2025brisk energy 3

    Week in order: Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Took the diary in. She…

  • She read the diary

    Bel24 Jan 2025frustrated energy 2

    Late, and writing anyway. 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…

  • Two sessions

    Bly24 Jan 2025tired but good energy 5

    A quiet week. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Kept the two sessions that matter and…

  • No mask

    Bram24 Jan 2025rested energy 4

    Right. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake,…

  • An unremarkable week

    Freya24 Jan 2025fine energy 5

    Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the…

  • Sunday night, four lines

    Gwenda24 Jan 2025held energy 4

    This week: My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month…

  • A1c down

    Inês24 Jan 2025relieved energy 3turning point

    Late, and writing anyway. Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. A1c down without…

  • Nothing to report

    Lark24 Jan 2025flat energy 5

    A gentle week, mostly. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and…

  • Stayed for the company

    Nuala24 Jan 2025warm energy 4

    Right. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour. Somebody new…

  • The question I had been avoiding

    Ottoline24 Jan 2025brisk energy 2

    Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Left with a printout I could not read…

  • The list on the fridge

    Prue24 Jan 2025steady energy 3

    Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I had…