Journal
Viv’s journal
Reflux was my whole first year. It got better.
Reduced
week 97content energy 1
The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady, sleeping flat, still funny about it. Two years. My only…
Back without making it up
week 82tired but good energy 3
Right. 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 right.…
Steady
week 80flat energy 23 replies
Well then. 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. Quiet. Injection Tuesday,…
A printout I cannot read
week 78brisk energy 52 replies
Well then. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Took the diary in. She read it properly,…
Where the pen lives
week 76organised energy 32 replies
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. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to…
Protein first
week 75steady energy 33 replies
Well then. 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. Greek yoghurt, eggs,…
She stopped the room
week 73warm energy 1
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…
Nothing to report
week 72flat energy 42 replies
Right. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Quiet and grateful. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately.…
Laces
week 71grateful energy 21 reply
Right. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. 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. Tied…
Starters as a main
week 69loved energy 51 reply
Right. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out…
An unremarkable week
week 67flat energy 13 replies
Well then. 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 wedding
week 65awkward energy 51 reply
Well then. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working…
What is your secret
week 63loved energy 21 reply
Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I…
Before nine
week 61steady energy 13 replies
Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice…
Quiet
week 59steady energy 43 replies
Well then. 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…
Fewer, heavier
week 57tired but good energy 2
Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to…
Both bags, one go
week 55grateful energy 51 reply
Well then. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to…
She noticed first
week 53held energy 24 replies
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. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and…
No news
week 51fine energy 13 replies
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 boring…
I nearly did not write
week 49fine energy 41 reply
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…