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Nine minutes
Lenaheard energy 5
Notes for the week. 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…
The pattern of it
Kateflat energy 4turning point
Right. Sore at the injection site for about ten days, a small firm lump under the skin. The pharmacist looked at it, was unbothered, and told me to move further round…
I have started
Duncanwired energy 1turning point
Three things this week. 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,…
Steady
Dorasteady energy 4
Three things this week. 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…
Before nine
Priyasteady energy 4
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…
A printout I cannot read
Maryamfrustrated energy 2
She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed,…
I nearly did not write
Katefine energy 3
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…
Two lengths, badly
Hannahpleased energy 4
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. Walked into town…
First dose, done
Samhopeful 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.…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
Salmaheld energy 3
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.…
She reduced it
Hannahbrisk energy 1turning point
Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. GP took the reflux seriously, checked, and…
Sore and slow
Maryamsore energy 5turning point
Notes for the week. 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…
The bad fortnight
Mattflat energy 3turning point
This week: The nausea has a shape to it now. Thursday teatime it starts, Friday it peaks, Saturday afternoon it lifts. Once I could see the pattern it stopped feeling…
Off the floor
Doraquietly delighted energy 1
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 did it…
The first one
Rayhopeful energy 2turning point
Right. 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 one behind.…
Paired
Priyaheld energy 2
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…
No mask
Katefoggy energy 1
Well then. 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. Repeat study came back…
Grip
Maryamtired but good energy 4
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. Two sessions this week, both…
Before nine
Beasteady energy 5
A quiet 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…
Day one
Dorawired energy 3
Three things this week. I want to write this down before I forget how frightened I was, because I suspect in three months I will not believe it. Twenty minutes of…
I have started
Marthawired energy 4turning point
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. Her…
She read the diary
Priyaheard energy 4
Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. She reduced one of my other…
Nine minutes
Mattfrustrated energy 3
This week: Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. Left with a printout I…
She reduced it
Maryamfrustrated energy 5
Notes for the week. 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. Left with a printout I…