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  • Where the pen lives

    Ambrose2 Sep 2024organised energy 5

    A brief account of the week. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two…

  • Eight minutes and a chair

    Brody2 Sep 2024tired but good energy 4

    Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Duncan2 Sep 2024held energy 4

    Three things this week. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing…

  • What is your secret

    Esme2 Sep 2024warm energy 3

    Evening. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Gwen2 Sep 2024organised energy 3

    This week: 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…

  • The list on the fridge

    Kez2 Sep 2024steady energy 4

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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…

  • Paired

    Maple2 Sep 2024held energy 1

    Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. She had a bad week and I had a fine one,…

  • A locum

    Martha2 Sep 2024frustrated energy 5

    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. I was…

  • The pattern of it

    Nan2 Sep 2024flat energy 2

    Cramp in both calves in the night, twice this week. Mentioned it and had bloods done rather than being told to eat a banana, which I appreciated. Very tired. Not the…

  • I nearly did not write

    Norah2 Sep 2024steady energy 2

    Right. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday,…

  • Quiet

    Rin2 Sep 2024flat energy 4

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept…

  • She stopped the room

    Poppy1 Sep 2024warm energy 3

    Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at…

  • Where the pen lives

    Flossie1 Sep 2024organised energy 5

    Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two lines a day in a paper diary.…

  • Awake at four

    Gavin1 Sep 2024tired energy 2

    Late, and writing anyway. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back and…

  • Stayed for the company

    Gigi1 Sep 2024warm 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. Went for the…

  • Fewer, heavier

    Marnie1 Sep 2024tired but good energy 3

    Late, and writing anyway. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost…

  • Where the pen lives

    Ned1 Sep 2024organised energy 4

    Late, and writing anyway. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four…

  • Steady

    Annika31 Aug 2024fine energy 1

    A quiet week. Steady. That is the whole entry. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Enough for now.

  • A different shape

    Bertie31 Aug 2024rested energy 3

    The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying…

  • Before nine

    Bex31 Aug 2024steady energy 2

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. I have found five…

  • Standing in the kitchen

    Bunny31 Aug 2024nervous energy 4turning point

    Evening. 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…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Fen31 Aug 2024organised energy 1

    This week: New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer…

  • Beginning, badly

    Gwenda31 Aug 2024hopeful energy 4

    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…

  • Stayed for the company

    Dilly30 Aug 2024warm energy 4

    Evening. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the…