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I have started
Annahopeful energy 5
A brief account of the week. The leaflet is nine pages and about seven of them are worst cases. I have read it three times, which was three times too many, and I am…
Sunday lunch
Lenawarm energy 2
Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working…
Unpleasant, not dangerous
Esmesore energy 5
A rough few days. Not dangerous, just relentlessly unpleasant, the kind of unwell where you cannot read and cannot sleep and cannot settle to anything. Constipation,…
Nothing to report
Flossieflat energy 1
Evening. 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…
Circle tonight
Guswarm energy 5
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new…
A new bin and a plan
Ikeorganised energy 1
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
Kaitired but good energy 4
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 week, both…
Circle tonight
Larkwarm energy 5
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new…
She reduced it
Linnetbrisk energy 3
A gentle week, mostly. 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. Took the diary in.…
A printout I cannot read
Maryamfrustrated energy 5
She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed,…
A wedding
Ollieloved energy 4
Sitting down to this properly tonight. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem…
Two flights of stairs
Ottolinepleased energy 4
A brief account of the week. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever…
Where the pen lives
Salmaorganised energy 5
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
Samfine 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. Nothing to report.…
Both bags, one go
Tansygrateful energy 3
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…
A different shape
Noahfoggy energy 1
Well then. 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…
An unremarkable week
Dorafine energy 3
Three things this week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The…
A rough few days
Duncanflat energy 5
Week in order: 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. A…
A printout I cannot read
Gavinfrustrated 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…
Dreams
Gwendafoggy energy 2
This week: Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there…
I have started
Harriwired energy 3
Recording this for the record. What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. The pharmacist talked me…
Steady
Maritsteady energy 2
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…
I nearly did not write
Rillafine energy 2
Quick one. 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…
Walking
Soniatired but good energy 2
Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back…