Journal
Tulla’s journal
Rural GP, waiting lists, patient patience.
Two years, no news
week 82settled energy 24 replies
This week: The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Reduced to…
Three years side by side
week 58pleased energy 41 reply
Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a come-back-in-a-year before. A1c down. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was…
Dreams
week 37tired energy 44 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…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 37held energy 54 replies
This week: Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the…
Laces
week 36grateful energy 4
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…
Off the floor
week 35grateful energy 44 replies
This week: Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Walked the Dingle Way in…
My mother cooks
week 34warm energy 51 reply
This week: My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be solved. Starters as a main…
Nothing to report
week 33steady energy 33 replies
This 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 I have…
An unremarkable week
week 32flat energy 33 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. Steady. That is the whole entry. An…
Across the day
week 31steady energy 43 replies
Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. I have found five things I can get down when nothing…
A plain question
week 30steady energy 53 replies
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. Was undereating…
Quiet
week 30steady energy 13 replies
This week: 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 dog is well, the…
Somebody new
week 28warm energy 4
This week: Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was…
No news
week 27flat energy 11 reply
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 I have taken my…
She read the diary
week 26frustrated energy 42 replies
Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her…
Two sessions
week 26tired but good energy 5
Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a…
She reduced it
week 24heard energy 52 replies
This week: She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I…
Back without making it up
week 24tired but good energy 22 replies
This week: 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 annoyingly…
I nearly did not write
week 23flat energy 13 replies
This 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 whole…
Into town and back
week 22pleased energy 11 reply
This week: Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been…