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A printout I cannot read
Tedheard 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. Took the diary in. She read it…
Sunday lunch
Yannickawkward energy 2
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I…
Back
Zoënervous energy 1
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Back. Eight months away and I arrived braced for a judgement that has not come from a single person. The shame about the gap was worse…
Before nine
Rowansteady energy 4
This week: Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached…
The list on the fridge
Abelsteady energy 4
A brief account of the week. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all…
Flat, whole night
Aleksgrateful energy 4
A quiet week. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021…
A wedding
Cassawkward energy 2
Recording this for the record. 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.…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
Maritorganised energy 4
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…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
Nadiaheld energy 2
Week in order: 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…
Somebody new
Petuawarm energy 4
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 the room…
An hour on the floor
Romygrateful energy 2
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. Slept flat. Whole night.…
A printout I cannot read
Tobiasfrustrated energy 5
Recording this for the record. 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…
Two lines a day
Bexpleased 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. Batch cooked on a good day for the…
Laces
Lilgrateful energy 1
Evening. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I…
A new bin and a plan
Stefanorganised energy 1
Recording this for the record. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four…
Stayed for the company
Theawarm energy 3
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. Circle tonight.…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
Bodhiorganised energy 3
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle.…
She read the diary
Marthabrisk energy 4
A brief account of the week. 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…
Grip
Nantired but good energy 5
This week: 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. Kept the two sessions…
What is your secret
Nettiewarm energy 1
This week: 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…
A different shape
Wilftired energy 4
This week: Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not…
An hour on the floor
Zebquietly delighted energy 4
Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened…
Steady
Ariafine energy 3
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 got out of other people's…
No news
Hannahflat energy 4
A quiet week. Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is…