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A plain question
Solomonsteady energy 2
Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Spread it across the day instead of trying to…
My mother cooks
Sorrelwarm energy 2
This week: Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out…
I nearly did not write
Stellanflat 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. Steady. That is the…
A wedding
Soniaawkward energy 3turning point
Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Cooking professionally while eating a third as much, and how…
She stopped the room
Taviawarm energy 5
Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of…
No hurry
Vivwary energy 2
Well then. 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. Third day after the change…
Two lines a day
Bexorganised energy 3
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 plan for what…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
Bodhiheld energy 2
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…
Grip
Bunnytired but good energy 2
Evening. 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. Two sessions this week,…
The pattern of it
Gillyflat energy 1turning point
Well then. Reflux again. I slept propped up on three pillows and woke at two anyway. I have an appointment on Thursday and I am going to actually mention it this time…
Come back in a year
Gusrelieved energy 1turning point
Sitting down to this properly tonight. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. A1c down. Bloods back.…
A wedding
Gwynethwarm energy 5
This week: Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama,…
Both bags, one go
Héloïsepleased energy 2
Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at…
Awake at four
Iketired energy 2
This week: Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off.…
I nearly did not write
Kezsteady energy 5
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most…
Walking
Lutired but good energy 1
Quickly, before bed. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Two sessions this week,…
My mother cooks
Maeveawkward energy 4
Well then. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama,…
I have started
Ossianwired energy 5turning point
Late, and writing anyway. I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. Started in the…
She read the diary
Patrickbrisk energy 2
Short one tonight. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
Rafeheld energy 2
Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it.…
I nearly did not write
Sarafine energy 4
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because…
Nothing to report
Tansysteady energy 5
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I…
Protein first
Tildasteady energy 3
Three things this week. 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.…
I nearly did not write
Annasteady 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. An unremarkable…