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I have started
Mohopeful energy 5
Day one. I am writing this partly because somebody else's day-one entry is the reason I felt able to do it at all, and it seems only fair to leave one behind. The…
Across the day
Mosssteady energy 1
Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and…
Starters as a main
Nedawkward energy 4
Late, and writing anyway. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Starters as a main course,…
Walking
Pruetired but good energy 1
A brief account of the week. 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…
Flat, again
Samfrayed energy 5turning point
Notes for the week. The plateau has been going on longer than the part before the plateau. That is an odd thing to sit with. Four flat months. Did not mind as much as…
Nothing to report
Sarafine energy 4
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. Quiet. Injection…
Nothing to report
Tildafine energy 3
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. No news. The dog…
Dreams
Tobytired energy 5
Quickly, before bed. 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…
Just Wednesdays
Mattsettled energy 5
Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to say so, because nobody wrote this part down for me. Reduced to a maintenance…
Anchored to the shifts
Blyorganised energy 4
Short one tonight. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Anchored injection day to my shift…
A plain question
Bosteady energy 4
Short one tonight. 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.…
No news
Bodhiflat energy 3
A gentle week, mostly. 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…
Eight minutes and a chair
Coltired but good energy 1
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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…
Come back in a year
Devpleased energy 4turning point
A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Lipids improved. Wrote 900 words about confounding. Bloods back.…
The bad fortnight
Freyarough energy 5turning point
Bad week and I am writing it down anyway, because a journal that only contains the good weeks would be a lie and no use to anybody reading it later. A dark Icelandic…
Where the pen lives
Gigiorganised energy 4
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. Tested three cool bags…
Stayed for the company
Gwendawarm energy 3
This week: 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. Circle…
Sunday night, four lines
Héloïseheld energy 3
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, four or five lines each, and…
Walking
Inêstired but good energy 1
Late, and writing anyway. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying…
Sunday night, four lines
Juniperheld energy 4
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 it will be…
She stopped the room
Norahwarm energy 3
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. Circle…
Back without making it up
Rintired but good energy 2
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 dropped the two…
Sunday lunch
Salmaawkward energy 2
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Starters as a main course,…
Sunday lunch
Sorrelwarm energy 1
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I…