Journal
Gwyneth’s journal
Valleys born. Blunt and warm.
My mother cooks
week 46awkward energy 31 reply
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy.…
Quiet
week 43fine 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…
Steady
week 42fine energy 53 replies
This week: 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…
Iron and B12
week 40relieved energy 24 replies
Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a…
Into town and back
week 38pleased energy 51 reply
This week: Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Nos da.
Three years side by side
week 37relieved energy 32 replies
This week: Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. A1c down. Iron and B12 both low. Treated.…
A new bin and a plan
week 36organised energy 4
This week: Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two lines a day in a paper diary.…
Sunday night, four lines
week 34held energy 54 replies
This week: My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before.…
Two sessions
week 32tired 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…
Quiet
week 30fine energy 53 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. Steady. That is the whole…
No mask
week 28tired energy 2
The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there…
Anchored to the shifts
week 26organised energy 32 replies
Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen…
A wedding
week 24warm energy 51 reply
This week: Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she…
The list on the fridge
week 22steady energy 23 replies
Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice…
Where the pen lives
week 20organised energy 42 replies
This week: Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two lines a day in a paper diary.…
Nine minutes
week 18brisk energy 42 replies
Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which…
Sunday lunch
week 16awkward energy 21 reply
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy.…
Unpleasant, not dangerous
week 16rough energy 14 replies
This week: Cramp in both calves in the night, twice this week. Mentioned it and had bloods done rather than being told to eat a banana, which I appreciated. A hard month,…
Fewer, heavier
week 14tired but good energy 22 replies
This week: 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…
Two flights of stairs
week 12quietly delighted energy 41 reply
Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that…