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  • Walking

    Bel27 Jan 2026tired but good energy 4

    Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back…

  • An unremarkable week

    Bex27 Jan 2026fine energy 2

    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. An unremarkable week.…

  • Where the pen lives

    Soraya27 Jan 2026organised energy 2

    Late, and writing anyway. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four…

  • Across the day

    Tobias27 Jan 2026steady energy 5

    Notes for the week. 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…

  • Eight minutes and a chair

    Izzy26 Jan 2026tired but good energy 5

    Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two…

  • My mother cooks

    Nettie26 Jan 2026warm energy 2

    Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people…

  • Eight minutes and a chair

    Matt25 Jan 2026tired but good energy 4

    This week: Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two…

  • The limits of yoghurt

    Bea25 Jan 2026steady energy 2

    Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question…

  • A1c down

    Bertie25 Jan 2026relieved energy 4turning point

    Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a come-back-in-a-year before. A1c down. Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had…

  • She noticed first

    Bridie25 Jan 2026held energy 2

    This week: 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 on Sunday nights,…

  • Sunday lunch

    Jonty25 Jan 2026loved energy 3

    A brief account of the week. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of…

  • Grip

    Juniper25 Jan 2026tired but good energy 4

    Right. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March, and he is…

  • Starters as a main

    Lil25 Jan 2026loved energy 4

    Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon,…

  • No mask

    Ozzy25 Jan 2026foggy energy 4

    Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people…

  • An unremarkable week

    Petua25 Jan 2026flat 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…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Ted25 Jan 2026held energy 4

    Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. She had a bad week and I had a fine one,…

  • Three years side by side

    Tinuke25 Jan 2026pleased energy 4

    Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. Everything stable. She said come back in a…

  • An unremarkable week

    Yannick25 Jan 2026steady energy 1

    An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it.…

  • A printout I cannot read

    Ambrose24 Jan 2026frustrated energy 1turning point

    Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Blood pressure medication reduced. Asked the…

  • Paired

    Bodhi24 Jan 2026held energy 4

    Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Calla24 Jan 2026organised energy 4

    Late, and writing anyway. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Small logistics win: worked out…

  • Nothing to report

    Cass24 Jan 2026fine energy 3

    Recording this for the record. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running.…

  • Protein first

    Ephraim24 Jan 2026steady energy 2

    Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have…

  • Starters as a main

    Obi24 Jan 2026warm energy 2

    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 cooks. That is how…