Soraya’s journal
January 2026
4 entries this month.
Where the pen lives
week 51organised energy 22 replies
Late, and writing anyway. 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. Two…
An unremarkable week
week 50flat energy 53 replies
Late, and writing anyway. 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. Nothing to…
Two flights of stairs
week 49quietly delighted energy 21 reply
Short one tonight. 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. I…
A1c down
week 48pleased energy 53 replies
Short one tonight. Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight…