Clinical · 24 Feb 2026
Member since July 2024
Marnie
Menopause circle. Finally understanding my own sleep.
Their journal
46 entries, and Marnie is still writing.
Two years, no news
week 98flat energy 22 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Steady. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. The strange part is not having a…
Three years side by side
week 83relieved energy 32 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me. Stable. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time…
Both bags, one go
week 55grateful energy 54 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Slept through the night for a fortnight running. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without…
Steady
week 53steady 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. Quiet. Injection…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 52organised energy 12 replies
Short one tonight. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern…
Milestones
Conversations they started
Recent check-in answers
The pharmacist who caught something on my prescription and stopped me. I think about that moment most weeks.
Rice pudding out of a tin at half past nine at night. No notes.
Somebody I look after was kind to me, which is the wrong way round and I noticed.
I have not been all right for a while and I am going to say so to somebody with a stethoscope this week.