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I nearly did not write
Hattieflat energy 1
A quiet 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.…
A wedding
Nedawkward energy 4
Short one tonight. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Starters as a main course, permanently. No…
The first one
Nixwired energy 3turning point
Recording this for the record. 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…
The list on the fridge
Sarasteady energy 1
A gentle week, mostly. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain…
Two lines a day
Noahorganised energy 5
Well then. 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. New sharps bin, and a plan…
First dose, done
Bunnywired energy 2
I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. So. First one done. I had been carrying…
No news
Gusfine energy 4
A gentle week, mostly. 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 the…
The pattern of it
Gwenrough energy 5turning point
Very tired. Not the kind of tired a nap fixes. I slept nine hours and woke feeling as though I had been awake all night. A hard month at work with nausea and…
Eight minutes and a chair
Marnietired but good energy 1
Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March, and he is annoyingly…
Quiet
Maryamsteady energy 3
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my…
The first one
Nettiehopeful energy 3turning point
This week: 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…
Beginning, badly
Rinhopeful energy 1
Quickly, before bed. 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 now going…
Two lengths, badly
Pruequietly delighted energy 3
A brief account of the week. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and…
A plain question
Priyasteady energy 1
Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I had actually eaten in the last two days and I heard my own answer. Protein first,…
Circle tonight
Ruthiesteadied energy 5
A brief account of the week. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. Circle…
An unremarkable week
Tobiasflat energy 3
Recording this for the record. Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No…
A plain question
Tobysteady energy 1
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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…
Quiet
Wilfflat energy 4
This week: Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is…
Standing in the kitchen
Yannicknervous energy 5turning point
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. Bureaucracy first,…
Two lengths, badly
Esmepleased energy 2
Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the…
No news
Florriefine 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. Quiet. Injection…
Quiet
Kezfine energy 1
No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild…
Awake at four
Larktired energy 1
A gentle week, mostly. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved.…
A printout I cannot read
Linnetbrisk 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. Took…