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Anchored to the shifts
Mattorganised energy 5
This week: Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four months. Batch…
My mother cooks
Duncanloved energy 2
Week in order: 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,…
Steady
Maryamsteady energy 5
Notes for the week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by…
Not writing about this would be dishonest
Bearough energy 2turning point
Late, and writing anyway. Very tired. Not the kind of tired a nap fixes. I slept nine hours and woke feeling as though I had been awake all night. Manageable, boring,…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
Nanorganised energy 2
This week: 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. Anchored injection day to my…
Beginning, badly
Olliewired energy 5
A gentle week, mostly. So. First one done. I had been carrying the box around the house for four days like it was something I had borrowed and needed to give back,…
No news
Doraflat energy 5
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. An unremarkable week. Ate,…
Starters as a main
Marthawarm energy 1
A brief account of the week. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word.…
Starters as a main
Salmaawkward energy 1
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Starters as a main course,…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
Beaheld energy 4
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 it.…
Sunday night, four lines
Priyaheld energy 3
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 was doing on a…
What is your secret
Kateloved energy 4
Well then. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. Somebody asked what…
Laces
Maryamquietly delighted energy 2
Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever…
The first one
Devwired energy 1
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. What I…
Two sessions
Doratired but good energy 3
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…
Two lines a day
Duncanorganised energy 4
Three things this week. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. New sharps bin,…
Nothing to report
Lenafine energy 5
Notes for 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
Katebrisk energy 4
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 nothing. I was…
Day one
Markhopeful energy 4
The pharmacist talked me through it very fast and I nodded at all of it and retained about a third. I have written down the bits I remember and I will ask again at…
A plain question
Priyasteady energy 2
Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Was undereating without realising. The nurse…
An unremarkable week
Salmaflat energy 4
A gentle week, mostly. 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. Nothing…
Paired
Samheld energy 1
Recording this for the record. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. She had a…
Standing in the kitchen
Patrickwired energy 5turning point
I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. A first entry about learning to do things…
Day one
Raywired energy 1
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…