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Where the pen lives
Brodypleased energy 5turning point
This week: 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. Van storage…
Propped up on pillows
Duncanflat energy 1turning point
Three things this 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…
No mask
Rayrested energy 1
Right. 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…
A plain question
Marthasteady energy 5
A brief account of 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…
She noticed first
Morayheld energy 2
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. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a…
Anchored to the shifts
Nedorganised energy 1
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. Anchored injection day to my shift…
She read the diary
Nualabrisk energy 2
Well then. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. She reduced one of my other…
Stayed for the company
Rinwarm energy 2
Quickly, before bed. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour.…
I nearly did not write
Peggysteady energy 1
This week: 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…
Sore and slow
Prueflat energy 5
A brief account of the 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…
Stayed for the company
Vivwarm energy 1
Well then. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour. Circle…
First dose, done
Nellnervous energy 5turning point
I want to write this down before I forget how frightened I was, because I suspect in three months I will not believe it. Twenty minutes of standing there. Then eight…
Propped up on pillows
Fenflat energy 1
The nausea has a shape to it now. Thursday teatime it starts, Friday it peaks, Saturday afternoon it lifts. Once I could see the pattern it stopped feeling like…
Nine minutes
Hattiefrustrated energy 5
Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Nine minutes. I took three written…
Laces
Kaipleased energy 1
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Walked into…
What is your secret
Keeleyawkward energy 1
A quiet week. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working…
No news
Larkflat energy 3
A gentle week, mostly. Steady. That is the whole entry. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give…
I nearly did not write
Maplesteady energy 3
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks…
Anchored to the shifts
Nettieorganised energy 1
This week: 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. Small…
Slept through
Pippatired energy 4
A gentle week, mostly. 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,…
Into town and back
Tampleased energy 4
Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Walked into town and back, which I stopped…
Laces
Tobypleased energy 4
Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Bath time.
Six labelled boxes
Brodyorganised energy 1
This week: Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen…
Paired
Bunnyheld 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. My buddy noticed something in my journal…