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  • First dose, done

    Ollie27 May 2024hopeful energy 3turning point

    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. His…

  • Grip

    Kate26 May 2024tired but good energy 3

    Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March, and he is annoyingly…

  • Propped up on pillows

    Maryam26 May 2024sore energy 2

    Notes for the week. Reflux again. I slept propped up on three pillows and woke at two anyway. I have an appointment on Thursday and I am going to actually mention it…

  • An unremarkable week

    Dora25 May 2024flat energy 4

    Week in order: 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…

  • Before nine

    Duncan25 May 2024steady energy 1

    Three things this week. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. I have found five things I…

  • A printout I cannot read

    Hannah25 May 2024frustrated energy 1

    Late, and writing anyway. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Left with a printout I could not read and no…

  • Laces

    Priya25 May 2024grateful energy 2

    Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Walked into…

  • Standing in the kitchen

    Lena23 May 2024wired energy 2

    Notes for the week. I want to write this down before I forget how frightened I was, because I suspect in three months I will not believe it. Twenty minutes of…

  • Standing in the kitchen

    Mark22 May 2024nervous energy 4turning point

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. Told nobody…

  • Standing in the kitchen

    Nan21 May 2024nervous energy 3turning point

    What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. Started because her granddaughter asked her to. The…

  • Unpleasant, not dangerous

    Kate20 May 2024sore energy 4

    Well then. Sore at the injection site for about ten days, a small firm lump under the skin. The pharmacist looked at it, was unbothered, and told me to move further…

  • Back without making it up

    Bea20 May 2024tired but good energy 4

    Late, and writing anyway. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March,…

  • Day one

    Dev20 May 2024nervous energy 3turning 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. First entry includes three citations,…

  • Paired

    Dora20 May 2024held energy 1

    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 bad week and I had a fine one,…

  • The first one

    Duncan20 May 2024hopeful energy 1

    Week in order: 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…

  • First dose, done

    Martha20 May 2024hopeful energy 1

    A brief account of the week. What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. Nothing has happened yet,…

  • Unpleasant, not dangerous

    Maryam20 May 2024sore energy 2

    Recording this for the record. Headache for three days running. It turned out I had barely drunk anything since Tuesday. Water, then a slow improvement, then feeling…

  • Protein first

    Sam20 May 2024steady energy 2

    Recording this for the record. 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…

  • Protein first

    Matt19 May 2024steady energy 1

    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…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Salma19 May 2024organised energy 1

    A gentle week, mostly. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Batch cooked on a…

  • An unremarkable week

    Priya18 May 2024steady energy 5

    A gentle week, mostly. 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…

  • Beginning, badly

    Lena15 May 2024wired energy 3turning point

    Recording this for the record. 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…

  • Sore and slow

    Kate15 May 2024sore energy 3

    Constipation, which I have avoided writing about for six weeks out of pure squeamishness. It is the thing making me most miserable and I have said nothing about it to…

  • Both bags, one go

    Ray15 May 2024pleased energy 2

    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…