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Dora’s journal
Spreadsheets are how I cope. Sorry in advance.
Just Wednesdays
week 105content energy 1
Three things this week. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady, dashboard retired, journal continues. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it.…
Into town and back
week 88grateful energy 54 replies
Week in order: 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. Cycled to Amersfoort and…
She reduced it
week 68brisk energy 24 replies
Three things this week. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. A statin conversation she had been avoiding for eleven…
Only one way
week 57worried energy 42 replies
The hard part is that I had let myself believe the direction was only ever going to be one way. Lipids moved the wrong way. Took it badly, and wrote the most honest entry in…
A plain question
week 44practical energy 54 replies
Three things this week. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Rebuilt her whole week around…
Two sessions
week 34tired but good energy 32 replies
Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to…
Dreams
week 33rested energy 34 replies
Three things this week. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not…
Back without making it up
week 32tired but good energy 42 replies
Week in order: Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not…
A printout I cannot read
week 31brisk energy 23 replies
Three things this week. 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…
A locum
week 30heard energy 32 replies
Three things this week. 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…
She reduced it
week 29brisk energy 5
Three things this week. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Her internist reduced her metformin. She had predicted it…
An unremarkable week
week 28fine energy 33 replies
Three things this week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is…
What is your secret
week 28warm 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…
Paired
week 27held energy 24 replies
Week in order: Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about…
Starters as a main
week 26warm energy 11 reply
Three things this week. 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,…
Off the floor
week 25pleased energy 51 reply
Week in order: 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. Got down on the…
Grip
week 24tired but good energy 5
Three things this week. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 23held energy 14 replies
Three things this week. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the whole mechanism. Nobody has ever asked me how I…
Laces
week 23grateful energy 41 reply
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 twice…
Across the day
week 22steady energy 43 replies
Week in order: 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. Protein…