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  • I have started

    Tinuke11 Jan 2025wired energy 1

    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. So.…

  • Reduced

    Matt10 Jan 2025flat energy 1turning point

    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…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Mina10 Jan 2025organised energy 1

    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…

  • Not writing about this would be dishonest

    Ash10 Jan 2025rough energy 4turning point

    Constipation, which I have avoided writing about for six weeks out of pure squeamishness. It is the thing making me most miserable and I have said nothing about it to…

  • A wedding

    Bel10 Jan 2025warm energy 2

    A quiet 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. Sunday…

  • Slept through

    Freya10 Jan 2025foggy energy 4

    Quickly, before bed. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there…

  • Starters as a main

    Gavin10 Jan 2025warm energy 1

    Short one tonight. 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 can,…

  • Stayed for the company

    Gus10 Jan 2025warm energy 3

    Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an…

  • The list on the fridge

    Gwyneth10 Jan 2025steady energy 2

    Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only…

  • Three cool bags and a thermometer

    Huw10 Jan 2025organised energy 3

    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…

  • Somebody new

    Lark10 Jan 2025warm energy 4

    A gentle week, mostly. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new tonight, terrified,…

  • Grip

    Odile10 Jan 2025tired but good energy 2

    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. Grip…

  • A locum

    Ottoline10 Jan 2025frustrated energy 2

    Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which…

  • Two sessions

    Ravi10 Jan 2025tired but good energy 3

    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, both short, both done.…

  • Nothing to report

    Romy10 Jan 2025steady energy 5

    A quiet week. 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.…

  • Awake at four

    Ronan10 Jan 2025rested energy 4

    This week: Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Repeat study came back…

  • Awake at four

    Solomon10 Jan 2025rested energy 1

    Week in order: Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Repeat study came…

  • Back down a step

    Viv10 Jan 2025steady energy 3turning point

    Right. Third day after the change is always the worst and I have finally stopped being surprised by it. Knowing it is coming does not make it pleasant, but it does…

  • Somebody new

    Ambrose9 Jan 2025warm energy 4

    Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. Went for the practical answers and…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Annika9 Jan 2025organised energy 4

    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. Batch cooked…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Ash9 Jan 2025pleased energy 1

    Right. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Bed. It is noon.

  • Flat, whole night

    Bertie9 Jan 2025grateful energy 2

    A brief account of the week. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop…

  • No news

    Florrie9 Jan 2025fine energy 1

    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…

  • Paired

    Harlan9 Jan 2025held energy 4

    Notes for the week. 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…