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Wednesday 21 January 2026 · week 84

Iron and B12

relieved energy 2a turning point

Week
84
Energy
2 of 5
A1c
5.4%
BP
137/72
Mood
relieved
Written
Wednesday 21 Jan 2026

Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not subtle.

Stable.

A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both.

Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a come-back-in-a-year before.

Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at.

Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me.

Enough for one evening.

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4 replies

From people who share a circle with Ottoline.

Gus21 Jan 2026

My pharmacist caught something similar for me. They are the most underused people in the whole system.

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Vera23 Jan 2026

Sitting with you on this one. Nothing to add.

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Ash23 Jan 2026

This is the second time this week somebody has described that and I am now going to mention it at my own review.

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Juniper22 Jan 2026

Reading this at half past six with a cup of tea and nodding at every line. Thank you for writing it down.

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