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A printout I cannot read
Stefanheard energy 2
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 question I had been avoiding for…
Two flights of stairs
Wystanquietly 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. Walked into town and back, which I…
Somebody new
Lucaswarm energy 3
Well then. 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…
Steady
Dillyflat 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. Steady. That is the…
She read the diary
Gwynethfrustrated energy 1
Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three…
An unremarkable week
Markflat energy 4
No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. Steady. That is the whole entry.…
Two lengths, badly
Pamgrateful energy 1
A brief account of the week. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire…
Eight minutes and a chair
Taviatired but good energy 3
Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and…
What is your secret
Ammiloved energy 2
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. My mother…
The hotel fridge
Ariaorganised energy 3turning point
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 ice. Six flights…
Circle tonight
Bodhiwarm energy 4
Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of…
A printout I cannot read
Carlbrisk energy 1
This week: She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not…
Nothing to report
Colfine energy 3
Quickly, before bed. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept…
No news
Ephraimflat energy 1
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then…
No mask
Gwentired energy 3
This week: 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. Waking at four again. Not…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
Hannahorganised energy 2
A quiet 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. Tested three cool bags…
Nothing to report
Maevesteady energy 3
Well then. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Tomorrow, honestly.
Back without making it up
Mapletired but good energy 4
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme…
Grip
Pruetired but good energy 5
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
Tildasteady energy 4
Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have…
Not a number
Wilfdelighted energy 3turning point
This week: Not a number. A thing I can do now that I could not do, and I am going to describe it in detail because that is the only kind of record I want to keep.…
Sunday night, four lines
Bramheld energy 3
Right. 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…
My mother cooks
Huwawkward energy 2
My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be solved. A wedding. Three courses…
Starters as a main
Nadiawarm energy 2
Three things this week. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. My mother cooks. That is how she says…