Journal
Ray’s journal
I complain and then I do it anyway.
I nearly did not write
week 11fine energy 43 replies
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. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild…
Nothing to report
week 8fine energy 31 reply
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of…
Quiet
week 6fine energy 21 reply
Right. 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. I nearly did not…
Day one
week 4wired energy 14 replies
What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. I want to write this down before I forget how frightened I was,…
Both bags, one go
week 2pleased energy 21 reply
Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Walked into town and back, which I stopped…
The first one
week 1hopeful energy 24 replies
Right. Day one. I am writing this partly because somebody else's day-one entry is the reason I felt able to do it at all, and it seems only fair to leave one behind. First…