Journal
Ravi’s journal
Type 2 for nine years. Numbers finally moving.
Nothing happened again
week 80flat energy 12 replies
Notes for the week. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Steady. Nothing happened again. I am aware that is now the fourth month running I have…
A locum
week 53frustrated energy 34 replies
Notes for the week. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Two other medications reduced. A locum who had clearly read…
Where the pen lives
week 40organised energy 22 replies
Recording this for the record. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Two lines a day…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 39held energy 14 replies
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. My buddy noticed something in…
A different shape
week 38rested energy 24 replies
Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written about it. Repeat study…
Six labelled boxes
week 37organised energy 22 replies
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. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days.…
Nothing to report
week 36fine energy 13 replies
Notes for the week. 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…
Steady
week 35steady energy 21 reply
Notes for the 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. Steady. That is the…
I nearly did not write
week 34steady energy 13 replies
Recording this for the record. Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The…
Somebody new
week 33steadied energy 23 replies
Recording this for the record. 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. Went for the…
Starters as a main
week 32awkward energy 11 reply
Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested.…
No news
week 31fine energy 21 reply
Recording this for the record. 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…
She stopped the room
week 30steadied energy 33 replies
Notes for the week. 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.…
My mother cooks
week 30loved energy 31 reply
Recording this for the record. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Starters as a main course, permanently. No…
Circle tonight
week 29warm energy 54 replies
Notes for the week. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. The facilitator stopped the room when four…
Before nine
week 28steady energy 33 replies
Notes for the week. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Got something with protein in before nine this morning,…
Sunday lunch
week 27warm energy 21 reply
Notes for the week. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation…
Protein first
week 27steady energy 53 replies
Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain…
Quiet
week 26steady energy 21 reply
Notes for the 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. Steady. That is the…
Anchored to the shifts
week 25organised energy 32 replies
Notes for the week. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer…