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  • A printout I cannot read

    Viv12 Jan 2026brisk energy 5

    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. Took the diary in. She read it…

  • A printout I cannot read

    Clover11 Jan 2026frustrated energy 1

    Evening. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be…

  • Two years, read back

    Ray11 Jan 2026full energy 1turning point

    Right. Two years today. I have read this journal back from the start this evening and the person in March 2024 was so frightened, and nobody told her it would just…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Juno11 Jan 2026held energy 4

    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…

  • Slept through

    Nadia11 Jan 2026foggy energy 2

    Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written about it.…

  • A1c down

    Pippa11 Jan 2026pleased energy 1turning point

    A gentle week, mostly. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Improved, and she noted it in one line.…

  • Nothing to report

    Stefan11 Jan 2026steady energy 4

    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. No news. The dog is…

  • Thank you

    Kate10 Jan 2026full energy 3turning point

    Well then. I am not a person who writes things like this, so I am going to write it once and then go back to being unsentimental. Two years. Wrote the only long entry…

  • Steady

    Izzy10 Jan 2026flat energy 2

    Well then. 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…

  • Fewer, heavier

    Maeve10 Jan 2026tired but good energy 2

    Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Minnie10 Jan 2026organised energy 2

    This week: 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…

  • She stopped the room

    Ted10 Jan 2026warm energy 5

    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 talking at…

  • Anchored to the shifts

    Zoë10 Jan 2026organised energy 5

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled…

  • The arithmetic

    Col9 Jan 2026pinched energy 4turning point

    Quickly, before bed. Did the arithmetic out loud, on the page, no rounding. It is a lot. Seeing it written down was steadying rather than frightening, which I had not…

  • Back without making it up

    Dot9 Jan 2026tired but good energy 1

    Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Eight…

  • A1c down

    Esme9 Jan 2026relieved energy 3turning point

    Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not subtle. A1c down. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother,…

  • Unremarkable

    Tansy9 Jan 2026relieved energy 5turning point

    Right. Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a come-back-in-a-year before. Fine. Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Wystan9 Jan 2026organised energy 1

    A gentle week, mostly. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. New sharps bin,…

  • She read the diary

    Bodhi8 Jan 2026heard energy 4

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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. She…

  • She noticed first

    Calla8 Jan 2026held energy 1

    Late, and writing anyway. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has…

  • Unremarkable

    Harlan8 Jan 2026relieved energy 1turning point

    Recording this for the record. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Improved. Iron and B12 both low.…

  • No mask

    Jonty8 Jan 2026foggy energy 2

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

  • An unremarkable week

    Thea8 Jan 2026fine energy 3

    Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Tobias8 Jan 2026held energy 5

    Notes for the week. 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…