Journal
Mo’s journal
I made a flowchart for my appeal and I won.
Where the pen lives
week 23organised energy 32 replies
Three things this week. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am…
A different shape
week 22tired energy 34 replies
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 shake off. Two other people in…
Quiet
week 21flat energy 31 reply
Week in order: 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. No news. The dog…
Nothing to report
week 20fine energy 43 replies
Three things this week. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. Quiet. Injection…
I nearly did not write
week 19flat energy 51 reply
Three things this week. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately.…
Slept through
week 18tired energy 4
Week in order: 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 shake off. Two other…
Two lengths, badly
week 17pleased energy 21 reply
Week in order: 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…
Quiet
week 16fine energy 53 replies
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made…
Propped up on pillows
week 16rough energy 24 replies
Headache for three days running. It turned out I had barely drunk anything since Tuesday. Water, then a slow improvement, then feeling faintly stupid. Manageable, tracked,…
Nothing to report
week 16fine energy 51 reply
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 thing. Steady. That is the…
My mother cooks
week 15warm energy 11 reply
Three things this week. 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,…
Two flights of stairs
week 14grateful energy 21 reply
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. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware…
I nearly did not write
week 13steady energy 13 replies
Week in order: Steady. That is the whole entry. 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…
Quiet
week 12fine energy 43 replies
Three things this 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. No…
Awake at four
week 10rested energy 2
Three things this week. 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 shake off.…
A printout I cannot read
week 9frustrated energy 2
Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got…
I have started
week 8hopeful energy 53 replies
Day one. I am writing this partly because somebody else's day-one entry is the reason I felt able to do it at all, and it seems only fair to leave one behind. The pharmacist…
She noticed first
week 7held energy 34 replies
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. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines…
Nine minutes
week 6frustrated energy 32 replies
Week in order: Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. Left with a printout I could…
The first one
week 5nervous energy 3
Three things this week. The pharmacist talked me through it very fast and I nodded at all of it and retained about a third. I have written down the bits I remember and I will…