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Lu

The other half of the Preston pair.

Preston, UK · Preston, forty-one, nursery worker, the other half of the Preston pair.

Their journal

46 entries, and Lu is still writing.

  • Just Wednesdays

    Sunday 7 Jun 2026week 96content energy 52 replies

    Quickly, before bed. The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now.…

  • A1c down

    Thursday 22 Jan 2026week 77relieved energy 5

    A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Fine. Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had never once…

  • Nothing

    Tuesday 15 Jul 2025week 49low energy 51 reply

    Flat again. I have stopped looking, which is either healthy or avoidance and I genuinely cannot tell. Flat while Lil was not, which was hard. The plateau has been going on…

  • Slept through

    Wednesday 14 May 2025week 40rested energy 4

    Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is…

  • A different shape

    Wednesday 7 May 2025week 39foggy energy 34 replies

    Quickly, before bed. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Repeat study came back…

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Recent check-in answers

15 Jul 2026 — What are you tired of?

I could not eat anything today and I am starting to be frightened by that. Going to ring the surgery in the morning.

7 Jun 2026 — What did you get through today?

Rationed it. Two good things, nothing else. It worked.

4 May 2026 — What has the light been like where you are?

Humid, and hydration has become a genuine daily project.

22 Apr 2026 — What was the last useful thing a clinician said to you?

Whether the hair thing needs bloods or patience.

Buddy

ongoingFamily

The two who already knew each other

Lil and Lu live in the same town and joined together, which is unusual here and comes with its own problems.

Lil and Lu · since July 2024