Journal
Yannick’s journal
Two languages, three pharmacies, one prescription.
Nothing happened again
week 91content energy 1
Notes for the week. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to say so, because nobody wrote this part down for me. Steady. The…
Anchored to the shifts
week 80organised energy 52 replies
Notes for the week. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire…
Awake at four
week 78foggy energy 54 replies
Notes for the week. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off.…
Three years side by side
week 76relieved energy 42 replies
Notes for the week. Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once heard applied to me. Good. Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than…
A locum
week 75brisk energy 32 replies
Notes for the week. 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. Took the diary in. She read it…
An unremarkable week
week 72steady energy 13 replies
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 69held energy 44 replies
Recording this for the record. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 67tired but good energy 1
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 ground, which…
Sunday lunch
week 64awkward 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…
Sunday night, four lines
week 62held energy 34 replies
Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a…
No news
week 59steady energy 53 replies
Notes for the 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. An…
Grip
week 57tired but good energy 12 replies
Notes for the week. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Walked instead of the…
Two lengths, badly
week 54quietly delighted energy 51 reply
Recording this for the record. 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. Swam. First…
Somebody new
week 51warm energy 44 replies
Recording this for the record. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers…
Fewer, heavier
week 49tired but good energy 42 replies
Recording this for the record. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a…
Circle tonight
week 48warm energy 12 replies
Recording this for the record. 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…
Across the day
week 46steady energy 43 replies
Recording this for the record. 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…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 44organised energy 52 replies
Recording this for the record. 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. Anchored…
Steady
week 41fine energy 43 replies
Notes for the week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. I nearly did not write this week because there was…
What is your secret
week 38awkward energy 41 reply
Recording this for the record. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still…