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Gwenda

Sixty-two, type 2, feet much better.

Ebbw Vale, UK · Ebbw Vale, sixty-two, retired shop manager, type 2, feet much better.

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46 entries, and Gwenda is still writing.

  • Just Wednesdays

    Thursday 7 May 2026week 90flat energy 22 replies

    This week: Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Steady. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. The strange part is not having a project any more. I…

  • Nine minutes

    Wednesday 24 Sep 2025week 58frustrated energy 54 replies

    This week: Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Podiatry review much improved. Nine…

  • I nearly did not write

    Wednesday 14 May 2025week 39fine energy 23 replies

    This week: Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made…

  • Circle tonight

    Tuesday 6 May 2025week 38warm energy 34 replies

    Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. The facilitator stopped the room when four…

  • Back without making it up

    Tuesday 29 Apr 2025week 37tired but good energy 32 replies

    Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme.…

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19 Jul 2026 — What have you noticed about how you talk to yourself?

Was kind to somebody else, which was easier than being kind to myself, as usual.

10 Jun 2026 — What is the honest state of your eating today?

A curry with my brother and I managed most of it, which surprised us both.

24 May 2026 — Where are you with your prescriber?

What the plan is if this stops working. Just the plan. I would sleep better.

26 Apr 2026 — What have you had to plan around this week?

Sorted the paperwork for the appeal into one folder in order. It took an evening and it has saved me weeks.

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ongoingFamily

When somebody at home is against it

Both had partners who were, in different registers, not in favour. This is the pairing that gave us the guide.

Nan and Gwenda · since June 2025