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Walking
Ottolinetired but good energy 5
Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and…
Laces
Ruthiequietly delighted energy 1
A brief account of the week. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Sat on the floor and…
Propped up on pillows
Vivrough energy 4turning point
Right. The burping. Nobody mentions the burping. It is not in any leaflet and it is genuinely one of the odder experiences of my adult life. Reflux so bad she slept…
Nothing to report
Mattfine energy 2
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. Quiet.…
First dose, done
Bridiewired energy 3turning point
The pharmacist talked me through it very fast and I nodded at all of it and retained about a third. I have written down the bits I remember and I will ask again at…
Quiet
Flossiefine energy 1
Evening. 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…
What is your secret
Rayloved energy 2
Well then. 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 a word. Starters as a main…
Quiet
Gwendasteady 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. I nearly did not…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
Ikeorganised energy 3
This week: Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern…
Standing in the kitchen
Jontyhopeful energy 1turning point
So. First one done. I had been carrying the box around the house for four days like it was something I had borrowed and needed to give back, and in the end I did it…
She noticed first
Larkheld energy 4
A gentle week, mostly. 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…
Sore and slow
Priyaflat energy 3turning point
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 mention it this time rather…
She stopped the room
Lenawarm energy 3
Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the…
Eight minutes and a chair
Noahtired but good energy 3
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…
Hiding the box
Poppyclose energy 2
My son asked why I was not eating my dinner. I gave him a bad answer, thought about it all evening, and gave him a better one on Saturday. A relative said something…
Two lengths, badly
Katequietly delighted energy 4
Right. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I…
Laces
Doragrateful energy 4
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it…
Sunday lunch
Duncanloved energy 4
Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon,…
Dreams
Fenrested energy 1
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. The sleep has changed shape rather…
Stayed for the company
Gavinwarm energy 4
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 tonight.…
She read the diary
Gwynethbrisk energy 2
This week: Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got…
Beginning, badly
Izzywired energy 4
Right. So. First one done. I had been carrying the box around the house for four days like it was something I had borrowed and needed to give back, and in the end I…
Standing in the kitchen
Kaiwired energy 2turning point
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…
Quiet
Keeleyfine energy 5
Late, and writing anyway. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for…