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Two lines a day
Bramorganised energy 1
Right. 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. Anchored injection day to my…
She stopped the room
Esmewarm 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…
Off the floor
Ivespleased energy 4
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it…
Two lengths, badly
Jontygrateful energy 4
Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Got down on the floor and…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
Morayheld energy 4
Well then. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question…
Sunday night, four lines
Nettieheld energy 5
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 had a fine one,…
An unremarkable week
Odilesteady energy 2
A brief account of the week. Steady. That is the whole entry. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Bonne soirée.
She noticed first
Zebheld energy 3
Three things this week. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the whole mechanism. My buddy noticed…
Nothing to report
Aleksfine energy 3
Short one tonight. 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.…
The list on the fridge
Ashsteady energy 1
Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I…
The limits of yoghurt
Héloïsesteady energy 1
A brief account of the week. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Spread it across…
Two sessions
Kaitired but good energy 1
A gentle week, mostly. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Came back after a bad…
Sunday night, four lines
Lilheld energy 3
Evening. 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…
Fourteen months of waiting
Linnetdelighted energy 3turning point
I have been waiting to write this entry for about fourteen months. Helvellyn. The entry is mostly about the light. Not a number. A thing I can do now that I could not…
What is your secret
Mossloved 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. Sunday lunch at my…
A printout I cannot read
Nadiaheard energy 5
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 clearly read nothing.…
She reduced it
Nanbrisk energy 4turning point
Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. Blood pressure medication reduced.…
Nothing to report
Sorayafine energy 2
Short one tonight. 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…
Back without making it up
Stellantired but good energy 1
Notes for the week. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March, and he…
Fewer, heavier
Ashwintired but good energy 5
Week in order: 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…
Iron and B12
Birdierelieved energy 3turning point
Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me. Fine. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my…
No news
Junosteady energy 3
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is well, the…
Three years side by side
Oskarrelieved energy 3turning point
Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me. A1c down. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my…
Stayed for the company
Pippawarm energy 1
A gentle week, mostly. 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…