Journal
Dilly’s journal
Hairdresser number two. We compare shedding notes.
Just Wednesdays
week 103flat energy 11 reply
Evening. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Busy Saturday.
Steady
week 93flat energy 23 replies
Evening. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then…
An unremarkable week
week 91steady energy 13 replies
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on…
A printout I cannot read
week 88brisk energy 32 replies
She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about…
Off the floor
week 86grateful energy 41 reply
Evening. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Busy Saturday.
Into town and back
week 83grateful energy 41 reply
Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Busy Saturday.
Iron and B12
week 81relieved energy 24 replies
Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a come-back-in-a-year before. Fine. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not…
Grip
week 81tired but good energy 42 replies
Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the…
A wedding
week 78loved energy 51 reply
Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no…
No news
week 75flat energy 43 replies
Evening. 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. I nearly did not write this…
Steady
week 73flat energy 21 reply
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. Steady. That is the whole…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 70tired but good energy 4
Evening. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make…
Slept through
week 67rested energy 3
Evening. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written about it.…
A locum
week 65frustrated energy 32 replies
Evening. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. She reduced one of my other…
An unremarkable week
week 62flat energy 43 replies
Evening. Steady. That is the whole entry. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of…
Two lengths, badly
week 59grateful energy 4
Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Slept flat. Whole…
Laces
week 57grateful energy 44 replies
Evening. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Full Saturday of clients without aching. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Full shift on my feet and my…
Two lines a day
week 57organised energy 12 replies
Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because…
No news
week 54steady energy 11 reply
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. An unremarkable week.…
Steady
week 51steady energy 33 replies
Evening. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then…