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Solomon

Bloodwork nerd. Reformed.

Manchester, UK · Manchester, forty-five, accountant, bloodwork nerd, reformed.

Their journal

46 entries, and Solomon is still writing.

  • Nothing happened again

    Wednesday 17 Jun 2026week 85content energy 13 replies

    Week in order: Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady, and testing far less often. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Two years. My only…

  • Iron and B12

    Sunday 18 Jan 2026week 64pleased energy 21 reply

    Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a come-back-in-a-year before. All stable. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was…

  • A locum

    Monday 7 Jul 2025week 36heard energy 42 replies

    Week in order: Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. His GP explained it in four minutes and…

  • Back without making it up

    Thursday 26 Jun 2025week 34tired but good energy 42 replies

    Week in order: Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it…

  • She noticed first

    Friday 20 Jun 2025week 34held energy 4

    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 it has…

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15 Jun 2026 — What have you noticed about your week that nobody else would?

A cold week and my hands were warm.

28 Mar 2026 — What is your maintenance dose life actually like?

It looks like having enough energy to be interested in things other than my own health.

19 Mar 2026 — How is the plateau, if you are in one?

Money. There is a month coming where I cannot pay for it and I have not told anybody.

11 Mar 2026 — What has your sleep been doing?

Slept through and woke up before the alarm, which felt faintly miraculous.