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She read the diary
Bodhibrisk energy 1
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 clearly read nothing. I was…
Quiet
Colfine 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…
She read the diary
Izzyheard energy 1
Well then. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea…
Circle tonight
Jontywarm energy 2
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 practical answers and…
A different shape
Pruerested energy 4
A brief account of the week. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved.…
My mother cooks
Saoirseawkward energy 1
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three…
Eight minutes and a chair
Birdietired but good energy 3
Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that…
Awake at four
Rayfoggy energy 3
Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written about it.…
Two sessions
Gwynethtired 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. Eight minutes and a chair. That…
No news
Nolanflat energy 2
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. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild…
Nine minutes
Obifrustrated energy 1
Notes for the week. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. A locum who had…
Sunday lunch
Pamwarm energy 3
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. Starters as a main…
The limits of yoghurt
Rohansteady energy 4
Notes for the 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…
No news
Alekssteady energy 1
A quiet week. 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.…
Both bags, one go
Ammigrateful energy 2
Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Reading on.
Paired
Beaheld energy 4
Late, and writing anyway. 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…
The list on the fridge
Inêssteady energy 1
Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I…
I nearly did not write
Nixfine energy 1
Recording this for the record. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of…
Weather, not a verdict
Rinlow energy 1turning point
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Three months of no change and my blood pressure has come down anyway. Two things can be true at once and I keep having to relearn that.…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
Petuaheld energy 2
Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the…
She stopped the room
Sarasteadied energy 5turning point
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Became the person who…
A locum
Wilfbrisk energy 1
This week: She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be…
A wedding
Abelawkward energy 3
Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working…
Strangers
Gusraw energy 1turning point
A gentle week, mostly. Clothes shopping was worse, not better. I sat in the car afterwards for twenty minutes. A hard month when a colleague commented. Somebody said…