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Beginning, badly
Ozzyhopeful energy 2turning 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…
She noticed first
Peggyheld energy 2
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. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five…
Beginning, badly
Sadiewired energy 2turning 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…
Across the day
Lenapractical energy 2
Recording this for the record. 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…
Off the floor
Katequietly delighted energy 2
Right. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I…
A plain question
Brodysteady energy 4
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 question…
Standing in the kitchen
Tamhopeful energy 1
Week in order: I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. What I keep coming back to…
The list on the fridge
Lenasteady energy 5turning point
Notes for the week. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Protein first, everything…
Somebody new
Devwarm 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. Somebody new…
I nearly did not write
Flossiefine energy 4
Evening. 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…
I nearly did not write
Kezflat energy 1
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Steady. That is the whole entry. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have…
A rough few days
Olliesore energy 5
Reflux again. I slept propped up on three pillows and woke at two anyway. I have an appointment on Thursday and I am going to actually mention it this time rather…
Laces
Minagrateful energy 1
Short one tonight. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Swam. First time…
Two lengths, badly
Katequietly delighted energy 3turning point
Well then. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Opened a jar without…
Sunday lunch
Beaawkward energy 1
Short one tonight. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. Sunday…
Thirteen hours
Duncanknackered energy 2turning point
Week in order: Cool bag, thermometer, thirteen hours. It held at the right temperature the whole way and I have written down exactly which bag and exactly how much…
Into town and back
Marthaquietly delighted energy 1
A brief account of the week. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever…
Quiet
Maryamfine energy 4
Recording this for the record. 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…
Sunday lunch
Ruthiewarm energy 1
A brief account of the week. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Starters as a main course, permanently. No…
Beginning, badly
Carlwired energy 3turning 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.…
I nearly did not write
Rayfine energy 4
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…
I nearly did not write
Hattiesteady energy 4
A quiet 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…
Somebody new
Nanwarm energy 4
This 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. The facilitator stopped…
Circle tonight
Priyawarm energy 5
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. The facilitator…