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Starters as a main
Hollywarm energy 3
Short one tonight. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three courses I could not face,…
Sore and slow
Huwrough energy 4turning point
This week: A rough few days. Not dangerous, just relentlessly unpleasant, the kind of unwell where you cannot read and cannot sleep and cannot settle to anything. A…
A locum
Izzyfrustrated energy 2
Right. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Asked the question I had been avoiding…
Awake at four
Jontytired energy 2
Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. The…
She reduced it
Junoheard energy 3
Right. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I…
She reduced it
Marthabrisk energy 5turning point
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. Her GP was worried and they made a plan…
Paired
Maryamheld energy 4turning point
Notes for the week. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. Paired with…
Flat, whole night
Mopleased energy 1
Three things this week. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning.…
Nine minutes
Odilebrisk energy 4
A brief account of the week. 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…
A wedding
Posyloved energy 3
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank…
Where the pen lives
Rafeorganised energy 3
A brief account of the week. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Batch…
Only one way
Solomonworried energy 5turning point
We are changing something and rechecking in twelve weeks. Not a catastrophe. A thing to watch. One marker moved the wrong way and he panicked for a fortnight. My…
Two flights of stairs
Sorayaquietly delighted energy 5
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. Carried both bags up in one go.…
Two lines a day
Sorrelorganised energy 2
This 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. Anchored injection day to my…
The list on the fridge
Taviasteady energy 3
Evening. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have…
Off the floor
Tullagrateful energy 4turning point
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 the Dingle Way…
Anchored to the shifts
Abelorganised energy 3
A brief account of the week. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the…
An unremarkable week
Beaflat energy 1
Short one tonight. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the…
Paired
Colheld energy 4
My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be…
Stayed for the company
Dotwarm energy 1
Well then. 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. Somebody…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
Florrieheld energy 1
Evening. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. My buddy noticed something in my…
Eight minutes and a chair
Giltired but good energy 5
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…
Laces
Kezpleased energy 3turning point
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Walked to work instead of the bus for a month. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that…
Before nine
Nadiasteady energy 1
Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got…