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  • She read the diary

    Juno6 Dec 2024brisk energy 4

    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. Left with a printout I could not read and no…

  • Across the day

    Marit6 Dec 2024practical energy 3turning point

    This week: Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Undereating and cycling twenty kilometres a day. Caught it. I…

  • Flat, whole night

    Rin6 Dec 2024quietly delighted energy 1

    Quickly, before bed. 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. Full shift on…

  • My mother cooks

    Ottoline6 Dec 2024warm 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…

  • My sister started too

    Peggy6 Dec 2024tender energy 4turning point

    This week: 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 her…

  • Grip

    Rafe6 Dec 2024tired but good energy 4

    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 annoyingly…

  • I nearly did not write

    Sadie6 Dec 2024steady energy 4

    Quickly, before bed. 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. No…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Toby6 Dec 2024organised energy 1

    Quickly, before bed. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in…

  • No mask

    Lena5 Dec 2024rested energy 4

    Notes for the 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. The sleep has…

  • A wedding

    Bay5 Dec 2024warm energy 2

    A gentle week, mostly. 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.…

  • Two sessions

    Nell5 Dec 2024tired but good energy 2

    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 annoyingly…

  • A different shape

    Bridie5 Dec 2024rested energy 4

    This week: Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay…

  • She stopped the room

    Ray5 Dec 2024warm energy 2

    Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the…

  • Steady

    Harlan5 Dec 2024steady energy 2

    Notes for the week. 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…

  • What is your secret

    Lark5 Dec 2024loved energy 4

    A gentle week, mostly. 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.…

  • Nine minutes

    Maeve5 Dec 2024heard energy 3

    Well then. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite,…

  • Nine minutes

    Ned5 Dec 2024heard energy 2

    Late, and writing anyway. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. Took the…

  • Where the pen lives

    Nettie5 Dec 2024organised energy 1turning point

    New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Fridge access at work, negotiated. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than…

  • Two lines a day

    Pippa5 Dec 2024organised energy 1

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about…

  • Stayed for the company

    Posy5 Dec 2024warm energy 2

    This week: 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. Went for…

  • I nearly did not write

    Ravi5 Dec 2024fine energy 5

    Recording this for the record. Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No…

  • Across the day

    Salma5 Dec 2024steady energy 2

    A gentle week, mostly. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which…

  • Steady

    Yannick5 Dec 2024fine 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.…

  • Awake at four

    Mina4 Dec 2024foggy energy 1

    Late, and writing anyway. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Slept through. Whole night,…