Journal
Noah’s journal
Nights on a ward. My week has no shape and I am making peace with it.
An unremarkable week
week 86flat energy 4
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. Nothing happening, still…
Iron and B12
week 69pleased energy 41 reply
Right. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Out of the prediabetes range. Three years of results side by side. A…
Fewer, heavier
week 52tired but good energy 12 replies
Well then. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done.…
Both bags, one go
week 52pleased energy 41 reply
Well then. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Cycled to work for a full month of shifts. Up the stairs at work…
A new bin and a plan
week 50organised energy 52 replies
Right. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results…
She stopped the room
week 49warm energy 34 replies
Right. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once…
I nearly did not write
week 48flat energy 23 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…
An unremarkable week
week 47fine energy 31 reply
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about…
I nearly did not write
week 45flat energy 33 replies
Well then. 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. Nothing to report.…
An unremarkable week
week 44flat energy 33 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…
Nine minutes
week 43brisk energy 2
Well then. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Took the diary in. She read it…
I nearly did not write
week 41fine energy 53 replies
Well then. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I…
An unremarkable week
week 39flat energy 13 replies
Well then. 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. Nothing to report.…
Walking
week 38tired but good energy 52 replies
Right. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and…
My mother cooks
week 37warm energy 41 reply
Well then. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she…
I nearly did not write
week 36flat energy 53 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…
The limits of yoghurt
week 35steady energy 31 reply
Well then. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Solved the 4am staff-room meal problem and…
An unremarkable week
week 34fine energy 31 reply
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 33organised energy 32 replies
Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen…
Slept through
week 32tired energy 5
Well then. 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. Vivid dreams, every night, the…