Journal
Ted’s journal
Tuesday is injection day and I quite like the ritual.
The list on the fridge
week 45steady energy 53 replies
This week: Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice…
A different shape
week 43rested energy 44 replies
Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written about it. Waking at…
Slept through
week 41foggy energy 34 replies
This week: Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written about it.…
Paired
week 39held energy 14 replies
Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Paired up.…
Nothing to report
week 37steady energy 41 reply
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. Steady. That is the whole…
She noticed first
week 35held energy 54 replies
This week: She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the whole mechanism. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a…
The limits of yoghurt
week 33steady energy 23 replies
Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Got something with protein in before nine this…
No news
week 30fine energy 13 replies
This week: Steady. That is the whole entry. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression…
Come back in a year
week 29relieved energy 5
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…
A1c down
week 27pleased energy 53 replies
A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. A1c down. Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had…
Nothing to report
week 27steady energy 23 replies
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. An unremarkable week.…
Awake at four
week 25rested energy 14 replies
Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written about it. Waking at…
Walking
week 23tired but good energy 5
This week: Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that…
Stayed for the company
week 21warm energy 44 replies
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. Went for the…
Six labelled boxes
week 19organised energy 42 replies
Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens…
Dreams
week 17foggy energy 14 replies
This week: Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written about it.…
No news
week 16flat energy 43 replies
This week: An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and…
Unpleasant, not dangerous
week 14rough energy 13 replies
Cramp in both calves in the night, twice this week. Mentioned it and had bloods done rather than being told to eat a banana, which I appreciated. A bad month he described in…
A new bin and a plan
week 13organised energy 32 replies
This week: New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a…
Nothing to report
week 11fine energy 33 replies
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on…