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An unremarkable week
Pamfine energy 5
A brief account of the week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Steady. That is the whole entry. No…
A different shape
Posyrested energy 2
Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people…
I nearly did not write
Ruthiesteady energy 4
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Next paper Sunday.
I nearly did not write
Salmaflat energy 5
A gentle week, mostly. 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…
Two sessions
Katetired but good energy 2
Well then. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Grip strength has gone…
A wedding
Birdieawkward energy 2
Evening. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who…
A printout I cannot read
Doraheard energy 2
Week in order: Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. A locum who had clearly read…
Nothing to report
Florriesteady energy 1
Evening. 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…
A printout I cannot read
Lubrisk energy 4
Quickly, before bed. 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. Asked the question I…
I wanted to stop
Marklow energy 4turning point
Quickly, before bed. Second plateau, and it is easier than the first, mostly because I have been here and come out the other side without doing anything clever. Week…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
Maryamheld energy 2
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 question about it.…
First dose, done
Sarawired energy 5
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…
Laces
Beagrateful energy 5
Short one tonight. 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. Got down on the floor and…
An unremarkable week
Gusflat energy 5
A gentle week, mostly. 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…
Fewer, heavier
Inêstired but good energy 3
Late, and writing anyway. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two…
Day one
Keeleyhopeful energy 5
Late, and writing anyway. 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…
A plain question
Larksteady energy 2
A gentle week, mostly. 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…
Nine minutes
Ozzyheard energy 1
Well then. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. Took the diary in. She…
I nearly did not write
Peggysteady energy 3
This week: 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…
My mother cooks
Priyaloved energy 5
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze…
Standing in the kitchen
Tobyhopeful energy 2
What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. Nothing has happened yet, which nobody had warned me…
Dreams
Winniefoggy 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,…
Quiet
Mattsteady energy 5
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made…
Grip
Minatired but good energy 4
Late, and writing anyway. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Two sessions this…