Journal
Ephraim’s journal
Kosher kitchen, high protein, big family.
Just Wednesdays
week 80settled energy 24 replies
Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Steady. The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying…
No news
week 66flat energy 23 replies
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 week because…
Anchored to the shifts
week 65organised energy 12 replies
A brief account of the week. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. New sharps bin, and a plan for what…
Protein first
week 63steady energy 23 replies
Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written…
A new bin and a plan
week 61organised energy 42 replies
New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of…
Nothing to report
week 60flat energy 13 replies
A brief account of the week. 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.…
Slept through
week 58tired energy 4
A brief account of the week. 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…
No news
week 57fine energy 23 replies
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 the…
Where the pen lives
week 55organised energy 52 replies
A brief account of the week. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. New sharps bin, and a plan for what…
Nothing to report
week 54steady energy 11 reply
A brief account of the week. 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…
No news
week 52flat energy 13 replies
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 a normal…
A1c down
week 52relieved energy 1
Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. A1c down. Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which…
Stayed for the company
week 50warm energy 54 replies
The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour. Went for the practical…
Starters as a main
week 49loved energy 31 reply
A brief account of the week. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be solved.…
Nothing to report
week 47flat energy 53 replies
A brief account of the week. 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…
Nine minutes
week 45brisk energy 32 replies
Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Left with a printout I could not read and no…
A printout I cannot read
week 44heard energy 42 replies
A brief account of the week. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Took the diary in. She…
The limits of yoghurt
week 42steady energy 43 replies
A brief account of the week. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own.…
Flat, whole night
week 41quietly delighted energy 21 reply
A brief account of the week. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me.…
Nine minutes
week 39brisk energy 32 replies
Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that…