Journal
Kate’s journal
Weeks where tea and toast is the whole plan. Still counts.
Off the floor
week 20quietly delighted energy 21 reply
Right. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it…
Two lengths, badly
week 19quietly delighted energy 33 replies
Well then. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Opened a jar without asking…
A different shape
week 19foggy energy 44 replies
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. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is…
She read the diary
week 18heard energy 12 replies
Well then. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed, and I have booked with my own GP for next month. She reduced one of my other medications.…
She reduced it
week 17heard energy 52 replies
Right. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about.…
Before nine
week 16steady energy 23 replies
Right. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I had actually eaten in the last two days and I heard my own answer. I have found five…
Where the pen lives
week 16organised energy 42 replies
Well then. 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.…
Back without making it up
week 15tired but good energy 32 replies
Right. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Two sessions this week, both short, both done.…
What is your secret
week 14loved energy 41 reply
Well then. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. Somebody asked what my…
Nine minutes
week 13brisk energy 42 replies
Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I…
Grip
week 13tired but good energy 32 replies
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. Came…
Unpleasant, not dangerous
week 12sore energy 44 replies
Well then. Sore at the injection site for about ten days, a small firm lump under the skin. The pharmacist looked at it, was unbothered, and told me to move further round…
Sore and slow
week 11sore energy 34 replies
Constipation, which I have avoided writing about for six weeks out of pure squeamishness. It is the thing making me most miserable and I have said nothing about it to…
The pattern of it
week 11flat energy 43 replies
Right. Sore at the injection site for about ten days, a small firm lump under the skin. The pharmacist looked at it, was unbothered, and told me to move further round next…
I nearly did not write
week 10fine 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. Steady. That is the…
No mask
week 9foggy energy 14 replies
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. Repeat study came back and the…
Six labelled boxes
week 8organised energy 22 replies
Right. 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…
An unremarkable week
week 7flat energy 33 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 7flat energy 43 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. No news. The dog is…
A locum
week 6heard energy 32 replies
Well then. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed, and I have booked with my own GP for next month. She reduced one of my other medications.…