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Not writing about this would be dishonest
Callasore energy 4turning point
A quiet week. 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 anybody reading it later.…
Nine minutes
Fenbrisk energy 5
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. Asked the question I had…
A new bin and a plan
Florrieorganised energy 1
Evening. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Anchored injection day to my…
Standing in the kitchen
Freyanervous energy 4turning point
Quickly, before bed. I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. Asked eleven…
An unremarkable week
Gillyfine energy 3
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…
Quiet
Harrifine energy 3
Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. An unremarkable…
Standing in the kitchen
Huwnervous energy 4turning point
What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. Started on a run of nights. The leaflet is nine pages…
Day one
Rafewired energy 1turning point
A brief account of the week. Nothing has happened yet, which nobody had warned me about. I think I expected to feel something immediately, and instead I made a cup of…
Where the pen lives
Vivorganised energy 4
Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Batch cooked on a good day for the…
Back without making it up
Minatired but good energy 3
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 new bin and a plan
Rowanpleased energy 1turning point
New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Worked out a three-week buffer with her GP because of the roads. Anchored injection day to…
Nine minutes
Ambrosefrustrated energy 1
A brief account of the week. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. A locum…
Stayed for the company
Bunnywarm energy 5
Evening. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the…
Two flights of stairs
Clemmiequietly delighted energy 3
Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the…
A new bin and a plan
Colpleased energy 3turning point
Ten minutes then I am asleep. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Solved cold storage with a 12V cooler and a thermometer.…
Paired
Gusheld energy 5
Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. She had a bad week and I had a fine one,…
Both bags, one go
Hattiegrateful energy 5
Short one tonight. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up.…
Back without making it up
Izzytired but good energy 1
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 printout I cannot read
Junoheard energy 2
Well then. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. She reduced one of my other…
Awake at four
Marnietired energy 2turning point
Short one 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 different. Sleep changed and…
Nothing to report
Mosssteady energy 5
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…
A locum
Nolanfrustrated energy 3
This week: 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. Nine minutes. I took three…
Starters as a main
Ottolinewarm energy 5
A brief account of the week. 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…
Nine minutes
Winniebrisk energy 3turning point
A gentle week, mostly. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Her GP checked…