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  • Nothing to report

    Ozzy9 Nov 2024flat energy 2

    Well then. 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…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Ravi9 Nov 2024held energy 2

    Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the…

  • Grip

    Rilla9 Nov 2024tired but good energy 4

    Quick one. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Two sessions this…

  • I have started

    Solomon9 Nov 2024wired energy 1turning point

    Week in order: I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. Ordered four private…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Tam9 Nov 2024held energy 4

    Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it.…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Lena8 Nov 2024held energy 4

    Recording this for the record. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. She had a bad week and I had a fine…

  • The pattern of it

    Birdie8 Nov 2024sore energy 3

    Evening. 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 to move further…

  • She noticed first

    Bly8 Nov 2024held energy 1

    She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the whole mechanism. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five…

  • Laces

    Bo8 Nov 2024pleased energy 4

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

  • Come back in a year

    Ray8 Nov 2024relieved energy 3turning point

    Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not subtle. A1c down. He said it was probably a lab error. A1c down. I looked at the number for a…

  • Nine minutes

    Juniper8 Nov 2024frustrated energy 4

    Well then. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. A locum who had clearly…

  • Starters as a main

    Lark8 Nov 2024warm energy 2

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…

  • The bad fortnight

    Ned8 Nov 2024sore energy 5

    Short one tonight. A rough few days. Not dangerous, just relentlessly unpleasant, the kind of unwell where you cannot read and cannot sleep and cannot settle to…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Nix8 Nov 2024organised energy 5

    Recording this for the record. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four…

  • An unremarkable week

    Prue8 Nov 2024fine energy 2

    A brief account of the week. Steady. That is the whole entry. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks…

  • Nothing to report

    Ruthie8 Nov 2024steady energy 2

    Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Next paper Sunday.

  • The pattern of it

    Tansy8 Nov 2024sore energy 2turning point

    Well then. Headache for three days running. It turned out I had barely drunk anything since Tuesday. Water, then a slow improvement, then feeling faintly stupid.…

  • She reduced it

    Tavia8 Nov 2024heard energy 3

    Evening. 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…

  • Two lengths, badly

    Tobias8 Nov 2024grateful energy 2

    Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat.…

  • Nothing to report

    Rohan7 Nov 2024steady energy 3

    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…

  • A printout I cannot read

    Ambrose7 Nov 2024brisk energy 5

    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 written questions…

  • Not writing about this would be dishonest

    Gavin7 Nov 2024flat energy 4

    Short one tonight. Constipation, which I have avoided writing about for six weeks out of pure squeamishness. It is the thing making me most miserable and I have said…

  • Standing in the kitchen

    Harlan7 Nov 2024wired energy 3turning point

    What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. A first entry about altitude. The pharmacist talked me…

  • Paired

    Harri7 Nov 2024held energy 4

    Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing…