Journal
Solomon’s journal
Bloodwork nerd. Reformed.
Nothing happened again
week 85content energy 13 replies
Week in order: Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady, and testing far less often. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Two years. My only…
Iron and B12
week 64pleased energy 21 reply
Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a come-back-in-a-year before. All stable. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was…
A locum
week 36heard energy 42 replies
Week in order: Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. His GP explained it in four minutes and…
Back without making it up
week 34tired but good energy 42 replies
Week in order: Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it…
She noticed first
week 34held energy 4
My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has…
Circle tonight
week 33warm energy 3
Week in order: 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 of us…
Four minutes
week 32deflated energy 33 replies
Week in order: We are changing something and rechecking in twelve weeks. Not a catastrophe. A thing to watch. My lipids are worse while everything else is better. I took it…
Only one way
week 32worried energy 54 replies
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 lipids are…
Before nine
week 31steady energy 53 replies
Three things this week. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own. Got…
Grip
week 31tired but good energy 32 replies
Three things this week. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Kept the two sessions that…
No mask
week 30rested energy 24 replies
Three things this week. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Repeat study came…
Steady
week 29steady energy 23 replies
Three things this week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is…
Both bags, one go
week 28quietly delighted energy 31 reply
Week in order: Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was…
Two lengths, badly
week 27pleased energy 21 reply
Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Walked into town and back, which I stopped…
A printout I cannot read
week 26brisk energy 42 replies
Week in order: Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her…
An unremarkable week
week 25fine energy 13 replies
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 eleventh week running. An…
Dreams
week 24foggy energy 14 replies
Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is…
No news
week 23flat energy 23 replies
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. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked,…
Two lines a day
week 22organised energy 22 replies
Week in order: Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Batch cooked on a good day for…
Six labelled boxes
week 21organised energy 52 replies
Three things this week. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date,…