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  • Wrote it on the milestones page

    Bea20 Dec 2024delighted energy 3turning point

    Late, and writing anyway. Wrote it in the milestones page as well, which I would have found embarrassing a year ago. Cycle regular for the first time in her adult…

  • The first one

    Bodhi20 Dec 2024hopeful energy 3

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…

  • She reduced it

    Brody20 Dec 2024frustrated energy 4

    This week: She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Dev20 Dec 2024held energy 1

    Notes for the week. 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…

  • Dreams

    Duncan20 Dec 2024foggy energy 5

    Three things this week. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved.…

  • A wedding

    Florrie20 Dec 2024loved energy 5

    Evening. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still…

  • I nearly did not write

    Ray20 Dec 2024fine energy 5

    Well then. 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. Quiet.…

  • Quiet

    Juniper20 Dec 2024steady energy 3

    Well then. 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 I have…

  • Back without making it up

    Keeley20 Dec 2024tired but good energy 4

    Late, and writing anyway. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Kept the two sessions…

  • My mother cooks

    Nettie20 Dec 2024awkward energy 2

    This week: 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…

  • Sore and slow

    Odile20 Dec 2024flat energy 5

    A brief account of the week. Sore at the injection site for about ten days, a small firm lump under the skin. The pharmacist looked at it, was unbothered, and told me…

  • Anchored to the shifts

    Tam20 Dec 2024organised energy 2

    Week in order: Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Tested three cool bags…

  • I nearly did not write

    Tilda20 Dec 2024fine energy 4

    Three things this week. 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…

  • I nearly did not write

    Matt19 Dec 2024fine energy 2

    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. I nearly did not…

  • Beginning, badly

    Aleks19 Dec 2024nervous energy 3turning point

    A quiet week. I want to write this down before I forget how frightened I was, because I suspect in three months I will not believe it. Twenty minutes of standing…

  • I have started

    Aria19 Dec 2024wired energy 5turning point

    Three things this week. What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. Started before a long-haul…

  • An unremarkable week

    Bertie19 Dec 2024fine energy 3

    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. I nearly did not write this week…

  • Both bags, one go

    Bly19 Dec 2024grateful energy 5

    Short one tonight. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about…

  • An hour on the floor

    Gavin19 Dec 2024grateful energy 5

    Short one tonight. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up.…

  • Grip

    Gwen19 Dec 2024tired but good energy 3

    This 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 sessions this…

  • Paired

    Harri19 Dec 2024held energy 3

    Notes for the week. 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…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Hedda19 Dec 2024held energy 5

    Recording this for the record. 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…

  • A locum

    Huw19 Dec 2024frustrated energy 2

    This week: A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed, and I have booked with my own GP for next month. Took the diary in. She read it…

  • Grip

    Ike19 Dec 2024tired but good energy 3

    This 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. Kept the two sessions…