Clinical · 11 Jan 2026
Member since September 2024
Pippa
Learning to stop before I am shattered.
Their journal
46 entries, and Pippa is still writing.
Two years, no news
week 87settled energy 11 reply
A gentle week, mostly. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady, pacing, writing weekly. The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I…
A1c down
week 69pleased energy 11 reply
A gentle week, mostly. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Improved, and she noted it in one line. Three years…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 59organised energy 42 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. New sharps bin, and a…
She read the diary
week 58frustrated energy 22 replies
Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got…
An hour on the floor
week 56grateful energy 33 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Tied my own…
Milestones
Non-scale · 18 Sep 2025
Slept flat for a whole night
Conversations they started
Is this tiredness the medicine or am I actually ill
The first twelve weeks
HbA1c versus fasting glucose — what each one tells you
Bloodwork buddies
Recent check-in answers
New sharps bin and a plan for what happens to it when I move.
How to tell my own condition's symptoms from the medication's.
Asked for what I needed as a request rather than a hint. It worked, which was annoying.
Baking, and I have learned that the electrolytes matter more than I thought.
Buddy
pausedPaused
Paused, not ended
Pippa asked to pause for family reasons that have nothing to do with any of this, and Winnie held the pairing open for five months.