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The question I had been avoiding
Pippaheard energy 2
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an…
Awake at four
Sorayarested energy 1
Late, and writing anyway. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and…
An hour on the floor
Lucasgrateful energy 2
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 in about four years. Slept…
What is your secret
Abelawkward energy 2
A brief account of the week. 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…
Nine minutes
Junoheard energy 1
Well then. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. She reduced one of my other…
I nearly did not write
Maevefine energy 4
Well then. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Tomorrow, honestly.
Off the floor
Nualaquietly delighted energy 2
Right. 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. Got down on the floor and…
No news
Romyflat energy 3
Steady. That is the whole entry. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of…
What is your secret
Vivloved energy 2
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…
Flat, whole night
Wystanquietly delighted energy 2
A gentle week, mostly. 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. Up the stairs at work…
Dreams
Mattrested energy 4
This week: Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of…
Laces
Belquietly delighted energy 3turning point
A quiet week. 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. Ran for a bus and was not…
Nine minutes
Gwendafrustrated energy 5turning point
This week: Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Podiatry review much…
Awake at four
Junipertired energy 5
Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the…
Nothing to report
Maplefine energy 4
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken…
Somebody new
Minniewarm energy 5
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. Went for the…
An hour on the floor
Nixquietly delighted energy 1turning point
Recording this for the record. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Walked the Water of Leith path end to end.…
An hour on the floor
Theagrateful energy 1turning point
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. Hiked Ulriken without stopping.…
Two lengths, badly
Tildapleased energy 4turning point
Three things this week. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Cycled to Ely and back. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years…
She read the diary
Zebfrustrated energy 1
Week in order: Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Took the diary in. She…
My mother cooks
Ammiloved energy 1
A quiet week. 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 cooks.…
Flat, whole night
Bramquietly delighted energy 2
Well then. 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. Swam. First time since…
She reduced it
Catobrisk energy 3
This 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. Asked the question I had been…
Flat, whole night
Dotgrateful energy 1
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. 73.