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Morayhopeful energy 1turning 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…
The list on the fridge
Norahsteady energy 3
Right. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own. Protein first,…
Sunday lunch
Vivloved energy 5
Right. 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…
I nearly did not write
Katesteady energy 1
Well then. 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…
Steady
Callasteady energy 5
A quiet week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the…
Steady
Dorafine energy 2
Week in order: 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…
Eleven weeks
Hannahlow energy 4turning point
A quiet week. The plateau has been going on longer than the part before the plateau. That is an odd thing to sit with. Twelve weeks of nothing at all. Nearly stopped.…
Standing in the kitchen
Ikenervous energy 1turning point
What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. Started on a compounded preparation for cost reasons.…
Into town and back
Peggygrateful energy 2
Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I…
She stopped the room
Ruthiesteadied energy 3turning point
Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Reading group from its first meeting. Somebody new…
Walking
Sadietired but good energy 5
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…
Nine minutes
Bertieheard energy 5
Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice…
I have started
Bohopeful energy 5turning point
Short one tonight. I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. Started slowly on…
Protein first
Brodysteady energy 5
This week: Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain…
No mask
Colfoggy energy 5
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been…
Six labelled boxes
Flossieorganised energy 5
Evening. 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. Small logistics win: worked…
An unremarkable week
Keeleyflat energy 5
A quiet week. 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. An unremarkable…
First dose, done
Luwired energy 1
Nothing has happened yet, which nobody had warned me about. I think I expected to feel something immediately, and instead I made a cup of tea and put a wash on. I…
She noticed first
Minaheld energy 5
Late, and writing anyway. 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…
Paired
Ambroseheld energy 3
A brief account of the week. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. Nobody has…
She reduced it
Annikaheard energy 3
Late, and writing anyway. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Nine minutes. I took…
I nearly did not write
Carlflat energy 4
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. Steady. That is…
Where the pen lives
Duncanorganised energy 2
Week in order: Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Tested three cool bags…
Quiet
Gigifine energy 5
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. Nothing to…