Journal
Nolan’s journal
Maritime winters. Long waits for endocrinology.
She noticed first
week 82held energy 54 replies
My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 80organised energy 42 replies
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. Tested three cool bags against a…
Nothing happened again
week 79flat energy 12 replies
This week: The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same…
Sunday lunch
week 78awkward energy 21 reply
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say…
What is your secret
week 76loved energy 11 reply
This week: Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I…
Into town and back
week 74pleased energy 21 reply
Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing…
No news
week 72flat energy 23 replies
This week: 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. Steady. That…
Across the day
week 70steady energy 33 replies
Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I had actually eaten in the last two days and I heard my own answer. Protein first, everything…
Steady
week 68flat energy 31 reply
Steady. That is the whole entry. 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…
Somebody new
week 65warm energy 24 replies
This week: Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the…
A locum
week 63heard energy 12 replies
Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried…
The limits of yoghurt
week 61steady energy 23 replies
This week: 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…
An unremarkable week
week 59flat energy 33 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. No news. The dog is…
Laces
week 57pleased energy 31 reply
This week: Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Up the stairs at work twice…
A printout I cannot read
week 55frustrated energy 22 replies
This week: Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Asked the question I had been avoiding for…
Come back in a year
week 53relieved energy 2
A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not…
Unremarkable
week 53relieved energy 42 replies
This week: A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. A1c down. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a…
No news
week 51flat energy 23 replies
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. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild…
Walking
week 49tired but good energy 12 replies
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 up the…
Steady
week 47steady energy 13 replies
This week: Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what…