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  • A plain question

    Dora23 Jul 2024steady energy 1

    Three things this week. 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…

  • Sunday night, four lines

    Flossie23 Jul 2024held energy 5

    My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and…

  • The list on the fridge

    Lena22 Jul 2024steady energy 2

    Recording this for the record. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. I have found five things I can get down when nothing…

  • Nothing to report

    Matt22 Jul 2024flat energy 1

    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. Injection…

  • Both bags, one go

    Gavin22 Jul 2024pleased energy 1

    Short one tonight. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Walked into…

  • First dose, done

    Inês22 Jul 2024wired energy 2turning point

    Short one tonight. Day one. I am writing this partly because somebody else's day-one entry is the reason I felt able to do it at all, and it seems only fair to leave…

  • A locum

    Maryam22 Jul 2024frustrated energy 4

    Recording this for the record. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. She reduced one…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Posy22 Jul 2024pleased energy 3

    Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Garden calls.

  • Grip

    Tam22 Jul 2024tired but good energy 1

    Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying…

  • First dose, done

    Birdie21 Jul 2024nervous energy 4turning point

    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 to stop reading it.…

  • Circle tonight

    Dev21 Jul 2024steadied energy 3

    Notes for 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. Went for the…

  • Two lengths, badly

    Gus21 Jul 2024quietly delighted energy 3

    Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat.…

  • Dreams

    Ollie21 Jul 2024tired energy 4

    A gentle week, mostly. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back and the…

  • Stayed for the company

    Ozzy21 Jul 2024warm energy 4

    Well then. 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…

  • Across the day

    Priya21 Jul 2024steady energy 1

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I had actually eaten in the last two days and I…

  • Walking

    Sam21 Jul 2024tired but good energy 1

    Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar…

  • Where the pen lives

    Poppy20 Jul 2024pleased energy 1

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four…

  • No news

    Florrie20 Jul 2024fine energy 2

    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 report.…

  • Not writing about this would be dishonest

    Mark20 Jul 2024rough energy 5turning point

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Bad week and I am writing it down anyway, because a journal that only contains the good weeks would be a lie and no use to anybody…

  • She stopped the room

    Peggy20 Jul 2024warm energy 4

    Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in…

  • Somebody new

    Ruthie20 Jul 2024warm energy 3

    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 tonight. Eight of us, an…

  • No mask

    Mina19 Jul 2024foggy energy 3

    Late, and writing anyway. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Slept through. Whole night,…

  • Two lengths, badly

    Kate19 Jul 2024grateful energy 5

    Right. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Got down on the…

  • Beginning, badly

    Brody19 Jul 2024hopeful energy 4

    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 to stop reading it.…