Journal
Sara’s journal
Came off once, came back kinder to myself.
Walking
week 35tired but good energy 52 replies
A gentle week, mostly. 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 is…
Two flights of stairs
week 34grateful energy 11 reply
A gentle week, mostly. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing.…
Nothing to report
week 33fine energy 53 replies
A gentle week, mostly. 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.…
Both bags, one go
week 31grateful energy 21 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever…
Two flights of stairs
week 30grateful energy 51 reply
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. Small thing. Wrote it…
Nine minutes
week 29brisk energy 52 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. Took…
A different shape
week 27rested energy 24 replies
Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning…
I nearly did not write
week 25fine energy 43 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there…
Quiet
week 24flat energy 51 reply
Sitting down to this properly 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…
Nothing to report
week 23fine energy 43 replies
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. Quiet. Injection…
Anchored to the shifts
week 22organised energy 12 replies
New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it has twice…
Circle tonight
week 21warm energy 24 replies
Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which…
The limits of yoghurt
week 19steady energy 13 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Spread it…
Fewer, heavier
week 18tired but good energy 42 replies
Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week…
Where the pen lives
week 16organised energy 4
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…
I nearly did not write
week 14fine energy 31 reply
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about…
A plain question
week 13steady energy 33 replies
Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both.…
Quiet
week 11fine energy 23 replies
Sitting down to this properly 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…
Not properly consulted
week 10resolved energy 41 reply
My prescriber stopped it and I do not think I was properly consulted. I am going to say that at the next appointment. Stopped at week nine because of reflux she did not…
A new bin and a plan
week 9organised energy 3
A gentle week, mostly. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four months. Batch…