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Maryam’s journal
Injection Sunday. Reflux Monday. Fine by Wednesday.
She reduced it
week 5frustrated energy 52 replies
Notes for the 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. Left with a printout I could not…
Somebody new
week 4warm energy 54 replies
Notes for the week. 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 facilitator stopped…
Across the day
week 4steady energy 33 replies
Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I…
Day one
week 3wired energy 52 replies
Recording this for the record. So. First one done. I had been carrying the box around the house for four days like it was something I had borrowed and needed to give back,…
Before nine
week 2steady energy 23 replies
Recording this for the record. 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…
I have started
week 1wired energy 43 replies
Recording this for the record. What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. Knew the pharmacology and was…