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  • An unremarkable week

    Sonia21 Nov 2024steady energy 5

    A gentle week, mostly. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory…

  • The question I had been avoiding

    Tam21 Nov 2024brisk energy 1turning point

    Three things this week. 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…

  • The limits of yoghurt

    Tavia21 Nov 2024steady energy 2

    Evening. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits…

  • Circle tonight

    Tulla21 Nov 2024warm energy 3

    This 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…

  • Into town and back

    Bea20 Nov 2024quietly delighted energy 5

    Late, and writing anyway. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Walked into town and back, which I stopped…

  • She read the diary

    Bly20 Nov 2024frustrated energy 1

    Late, and writing anyway. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. Nine minutes. I took three written…

  • The bad fortnight

    Bo20 Nov 2024flat energy 5

    A quiet week. 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 mention it this…

  • The question I had been avoiding

    Bridie20 Nov 2024brisk energy 5

    This week: Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her…

  • The list on the fridge

    Duncan20 Nov 2024steady energy 1

    Week in order: 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. Was…

  • First dose, done

    Ephraim20 Nov 2024wired energy 3turning point

    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. A…

  • Anchored to the shifts

    Ray20 Nov 2024organised energy 3

    Right. 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. Tested three…

  • Before nine

    Hedda20 Nov 2024steady energy 4

    Notes for the week. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have…

  • Nothing to report

    Keeley20 Nov 2024steady energy 2

    An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Steady. That is the whole entry. Mum needs settling.

  • No mask

    Kez20 Nov 2024foggy energy 4

    Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask.…

  • Granted

    Mo20 Nov 2024determined energy 5turning point

    Three things this week. Made a flowchart. I am aware this is a coping mechanism. It also worked. Refused twice before he started. Wrote it up as a process problem.…

  • She read the diary

    Ollie20 Nov 2024brisk energy 4

    Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Took the diary in. She read it…

  • I nearly did not write

    Prue20 Nov 2024flat 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. Steady. That is the…

  • Where the pen lives

    Sadie20 Nov 2024organised energy 2

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two…

  • Where the pen lives

    Sara20 Nov 2024organised energy 4

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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.…

  • An unremarkable week

    Anna19 Nov 2024steady energy 3

    A brief account of the week. 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…

  • She stopped the room

    Noah19 Nov 2024warm energy 4

    Well then. 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…

  • Nine minutes

    Rohan19 Nov 2024frustrated energy 4

    Notes for the week. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. Asked the…

  • Sore and slow

    Bertie19 Nov 2024rough energy 5

    A brief account of the week. Cramp in both calves in the night, twice this week. Mentioned it and had bloods done rather than being told to eat a banana, which I…

  • Awake at four

    Birdie19 Nov 2024tired energy 3

    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. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort…