Journal
Bay’s journal
Sea swimming and reflux. Unrelated. Probably.
Just Wednesdays
week 82content energy 11 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Tide out.
Where the pen lives
week 59organised energy 4
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…
No mask
week 58rested energy 44 replies
The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and…
Nine minutes
week 56heard energy 22 replies
A gentle week, mostly. 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…
Dreams
week 55tired energy 4
Sitting down to this properly tonight. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Vivid dreams, every…
Off the floor
week 53quietly delighted energy 13 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…
Awake at four
week 52rested energy 3
A gentle week, mostly. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you…
Two lengths, badly
week 52pleased energy 51 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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. Swam…
Slept through
week 51tired energy 34 replies
The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and…
No news
week 49fine energy 23 replies
A gentle week, mostly. 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.…
Starters as a main
week 48awkward energy 11 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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.…
Six labelled boxes
week 46organised energy 22 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Small…
Across the day
week 45steady energy 33 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…
She reduced it
week 44brisk energy 5
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…
She read the diary
week 43heard energy 22 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…
Anchored to the shifts
week 41organised energy 12 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. Batch cooked on a good…
An unremarkable week
week 40fine energy 13 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running.…
Off the floor
week 38quietly delighted energy 51 reply
A gentle week, mostly. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Tide out.
Two lines a day
week 37organised energy 52 replies
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 rather than to the…
Sunday lunch
week 35awkward energy 51 reply
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 secret was and…