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A different shape
Winniefoggy energy 4
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was…
A new bin and a plan
Wystanorganised energy 1
A gentle week, mostly. 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.…
Protein first
Bridiesteady energy 5
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. Protein…
Sore and slow
Cassflat energy 3turning point
The burping. Nobody mentions the burping. It is not in any leaflet and it is genuinely one of the odder experiences of my adult life. Documented as a fault report.…
Protein first
Clemmiesteady energy 3
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…
Sunday lunch
Flossiewarm energy 1
Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed,…
Back without making it up
Gustired but good energy 5
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…
She noticed first
Harlanheld energy 2
Recording this for the record. 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…
A different shape
Kaitired energy 5
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us…
Walking
Lutired but good energy 2
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 strength has gone off and I…
A different shape
Nolanrested energy 1
This week: The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
Sorrelheld energy 1
This week: 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…
Beginning, badly
Zoënervous energy 3turning point
Ten minutes then I am asleep. The leaflet is nine pages and about seven of them are worst cases. I have read it three times, which was three times too many, and I am…
The first one
Lucaswired energy 4
The pharmacist talked me through it very fast and I nodded at all of it and retained about a third. I have written down the bits I remember and I will ask again at…
Fewer, heavier
Noahtired but good energy 3
Well then. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier,…
She noticed first
Poppyheld energy 3
Quickly, before bed. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a…
Stayed for the company
Ashwinwarm energy 2
Week in order: 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.…
Steady
Brodyfine energy 4
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. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild…
Steady
Bunnyflat energy 5
Evening. 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. Steady. That is the…
My mother cooks
Freyawarm energy 5
Quickly, before bed. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who…
What is your secret
Hannahwarm energy 5
Late, and writing anyway. 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.…
She noticed first
Hollyheld energy 1
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. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
Ivespleased energy 2turning point
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. Solved cold storage at sea. Anchored…
Circle tonight
Mosswarm energy 3
Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at…