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  • Anchored to the shifts

    Ruthie15 Dec 2024organised energy 5

    A brief account of the week. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Tested three cool bags…

  • I nearly did not write

    Sonia15 Dec 2024fine energy 5

    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. Injection…

  • Sunday lunch

    Tansy15 Dec 2024loved energy 5

    Well then. 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 lunch…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Viv15 Dec 2024pleased energy 5

    Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Walked into town and…

  • Quiet

    Ambrose14 Dec 2024fine energy 2

    An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken…

  • Protein first

    Annika14 Dec 2024steady energy 5

    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…

  • An unremarkable week

    Bay14 Dec 2024fine energy 5

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false…

  • Steady

    Bruno14 Dec 2024flat 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…

  • Steady

    Harri14 Dec 2024flat energy 3

    Recording this for the record. Steady. That is the whole entry. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks…

  • Sunday lunch

    Ike14 Dec 2024awkward energy 2

    This week: Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered,…

  • Sore and slow

    Kai14 Dec 2024flat energy 1turning point

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…

  • Stayed for the company

    Kez14 Dec 2024warm energy 2

    Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were…

  • Nine minutes

    Moray14 Dec 2024frustrated energy 1

    Well then. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. A locum who had clearly…

  • Laces

    Nan14 Dec 2024pleased energy 4turning point

    Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Walked to chapel and back. Swam.…

  • Dreams

    Norah14 Dec 2024tired energy 3

    Well then. 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 can find anything written…

  • Not writing about this would be dishonest

    Odile14 Dec 2024rough energy 4turning point

    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…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Ottoline14 Dec 2024organised energy 2

    A brief account of the week. 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. New sharps…

  • Why are you not eating

    Peggy14 Dec 2024close energy 3

    My son asked why I was not eating my dinner. I gave him a bad answer, thought about it all evening, and gave him a better one on Saturday. Told my daughter. She asked…

  • What is your secret

    Salma14 Dec 2024awkward energy 1

    Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none…

  • An unremarkable week

    Solomon14 Dec 2024flat energy 5

    Week in order: Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the…

  • Quiet

    Lena13 Dec 2024flat energy 1

    Recording this for the record. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of…

  • Both bags, one go

    Birdie13 Dec 2024grateful energy 1

    Evening. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started,…

  • Two sessions

    Dora13 Dec 2024tired but good energy 3

    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…

  • Nothing to report

    Ephraim13 Dec 2024steady energy 5

    A brief account of the week. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been…