Journal
Minnie’s journal
Thyroid, then this. Two sets of bloods.
Unremarkable
week 25relieved energy 54 replies
Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which…
Come back in a year
week 25pleased energy 23 replies
Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me. Learned to read a thyroid panel properly. A1c down. I looked at the number for a…
A wedding
week 22loved 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. A…
An hour on the floor
week 19quietly delighted energy 21 reply
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody…
She stopped the room
week 16warm energy 34 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…
No mask
week 13tired energy 2
This week: 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…
The question I had been avoiding
week 12heard energy 41 reply
Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. TSH moved and levothyroxine adjusted. Left…
The list on the fridge
week 10steady energy 43 replies
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 I own. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the…
I nearly did not write
week 7steady energy 23 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. Nothing to report. Writing it…
Day one
week 4hopeful energy 22 replies
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, and in the end I did it standing…
First dose, done
week 1wired energy 22 replies
This 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 there. Then…