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  • Anchored to the shifts

    Nuala26 Nov 2024organised energy 5

    Right. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person.…

  • An unremarkable week

    Sorrel26 Nov 2024fine energy 2

    Steady. That is the whole entry. 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…

  • Stayed for the company

    Tilda26 Nov 2024warm energy 1

    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. Went…

  • Back without making it up

    Winnie26 Nov 2024tired but good energy 5

    A gentle week, mostly. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Walked instead of the…

  • Stayed for the company

    Wystan26 Nov 2024warm energy 3

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It…

  • Beginning, badly

    Lucas25 Nov 2024hopeful energy 1turning point

    Right. 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 only fair to leave one behind.…

  • Past the shop

    Mina25 Nov 2024thoughtful energy 2

    I did not know other people did not have this. That is the part I keep turning over. I assumed everybody was doing the same negotiation all day and simply not…

  • Circle tonight

    Bo25 Nov 2024warm energy 5

    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…

  • Circle tonight

    Harri25 Nov 2024warm energy 3

    Notes for the week. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new tonight, terrified,…

  • A printout I cannot read

    Holly25 Nov 2024heard energy 1

    She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it…

  • Stayed for the company

    Ives25 Nov 2024warm energy 4

    Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an…

  • Unpleasant, not dangerous

    Keeley25 Nov 2024sore energy 2turning point

    Late, and writing anyway. Reflux again. I slept propped up on three pillows and woke at two anyway. I have an appointment on Thursday and I am going to actually…

  • What was underneath

    Maryam25 Nov 2024unsettled energy 5turning point

    Went past the shop I always go into and simply did not go in. Not resisted. Did not occur to me. I stood outside for a moment afterwards trying to work out what had…

  • A rough few days

    Rin25 Nov 2024sore energy 4

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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.…

  • Paired

    Pam25 Nov 2024held energy 2

    Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. My buddy noticed something in my journal…

  • Sore and slow

    Pippa25 Nov 2024sore energy 5

    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…

  • A locum

    Ruthie25 Nov 2024brisk energy 3

    Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Nine minutes. I took three written questions…

  • What is your secret

    Saoirse25 Nov 2024awkward energy 4

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three…

  • I nearly did not write

    Thea25 Nov 2024flat energy 4

    A brief account of the week. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was…

  • Both bags, one go

    Zeb25 Nov 2024quietly delighted energy 5

    Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. 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…

  • Quiet

    Anna24 Nov 2024fine energy 3

    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 taken my…

  • Somebody new

    Annika24 Nov 2024steadied energy 1

    A quiet week. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly…

  • We used to eat together

    Bel24 Nov 2024tender energy 1turning point

    Late, and writing anyway. He does the injection. I look at the wall. It is one of the more tender things in our life and I would not have predicted that. Told him. It…

  • No mask

    Bertie24 Nov 2024rested energy 1

    The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying…