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Protein first
Zebsteady energy 2
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 answer. Greek yoghurt,…
She stopped the room
Lucaswarm energy 2
Right. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the…
Eight minutes and a chair
Bramtired but good energy 3
Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two…
Somebody new
Esmewarm energy 4
Evening. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were…
An hour on the floor
Gwynethgrateful energy 3turning point
This week: Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Walked up to the Dare Valley park and back. Full shift on my feet and my…
Anchored to the shifts
Maeveorganised energy 3
Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two lines a day in a paper diary.…
Off the floor
Maritquietly delighted energy 4
Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a…
Across the day
Marthasteady energy 5
A brief account of the week. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Protein first,…
A1c down
Stefanrelieved energy 3turning point
Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me. A1c down at a lower dose than the label suggests. Iron and B12 both low.…
A wedding
Tobiasawkward energy 3
Notes for the week. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who…
Into town and back
Gillyquietly delighted energy 2turning point
Well then. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Full clinic day without her back going. Up the stairs at work twice without…
She reduced it
Huwbrisk energy 2
Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what…
Fewer, heavier
Nantired but good energy 2
Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I…
An hour on the floor
Nettiepleased energy 2
Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the…
Nothing to report
Romysteady energy 5
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. Steady.…
Nothing to report
Tarnfine energy 1
This week: Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it.…
An hour on the floor
Tedgrateful energy 4
This week: 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…
Sunday night, four lines
Nellheld energy 2
My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before.…
Somebody new
Gilwarm energy 5
Notes for the week. 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.…
Before nine
Lilsteady energy 5
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 answer. Got something with…
Come back in a year
Nedrelieved energy 4turning point
A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. A1c down. Two sentences. Three years of results side by side. A…
She stopped the room
Samwarm energy 3turning point
Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Started turning up to slow-titrators every fortnight to be useful.…
Steady
Bridiefine energy 4
This week: Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it.…
An hour on the floor
Cassquietly delighted energy 3
Notes for the week. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the…