Journal
Tinuke’s journal
Nigerian-British. Two food cultures, one appetite.
Nothing happened again
week 77settled energy 51 reply
Evening. The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same…
Six labelled boxes
week 73organised energy 32 replies
Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 71organised energy 2
Evening. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Tested three cool bags against a…
Nothing to report
week 69fine energy 21 reply
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it…
An unremarkable week
week 67fine energy 43 replies
Evening. 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…
A plain question
week 65steady energy 43 replies
Evening. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I had actually eaten in the last two days and I heard my own answer. Greek yoghurt,…
Starters as a main
week 63loved energy 31 reply
Evening. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I…
Quiet
week 61flat energy 13 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. Steady. That is the…
She reduced it
week 59heard energy 32 replies
A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed, and I have booked with my own GP for next month. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven…
Three years side by side
week 57pleased energy 43 replies
Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I…
Iron and B12
week 56relieved energy 22 replies
Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. A1c down. Everything stable. She said come back in a…
No news
week 55steady energy 31 reply
Evening. 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 people's…
My mother cooks
week 53awkward energy 41 reply
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say…
Paired
week 51held energy 24 replies
Evening. 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. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 48held energy 14 replies
Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next…
I nearly did not write
week 46steady energy 53 replies
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 is well, the…
The list on the fridge
week 44steady energy 13 replies
Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier.…
A different shape
week 42rested energy 44 replies
Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell…
Paired
week 40held energy 4
Evening. 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…
Sunday lunch
week 38warm energy 21 reply
Evening. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I…