Journal
Minnie’s journal
Thyroid, then this. Two sets of bloods.
No project
week 90flat energy 21 reply
Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady. The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Nothing happened…
I nearly did not write
week 77fine energy 41 reply
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about…
A1c down
week 74relieved energy 24 replies
This week: Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me. Both stable. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then…
She reduced it
week 73frustrated energy 52 replies
She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the…
An unremarkable week
week 71flat energy 13 replies
This 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. Nothing to report.…
A new bin and a plan
week 68organised energy 22 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. Batch cooked on a good day for the…
Slept through
week 65rested energy 24 replies
Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning…
I nearly did not write
week 61flat energy 11 reply
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. Quiet. Injection…
She stopped the room
week 58warm energy 24 replies
This week: Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 55tired but good energy 52 replies
This week: Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a…
Somebody new
week 52warm 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…
Stayed for the company
week 49warm energy 14 replies
This week: Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at…
She read the diary
week 46heard energy 52 replies
This week: Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. A locum who had clearly read…
Circle tonight
week 46steadied energy 21 reply
This week: 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. Thyroid circle,…
Fewer, heavier
week 43tired but good energy 32 replies
Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two…
An unremarkable week
week 40fine energy 53 replies
This week: Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I…
My mother cooks
week 37awkward energy 41 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…
A printout I cannot read
week 34heard energy 12 replies
A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed, and I have booked with my own GP for next month. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven…
Across the day
week 31steady energy 13 replies
This week: Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. I have found five things I can get down…
Walking
week 28tired but good energy 3
This week: Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost…