How I anchor injection day to the shift pattern instead of the week

Somebody here suggested treating my rota as the calendar rather than the month, and reorganising my planning that way solved several things at once.

Perdy, answering your question directly rather than going round the houses.

I asked for my review appointments to be after a run of days rather than nights, and it made them considerably more useful.

My experience is that this is entirely manageable on shifts and requires more deliberate planning than anybody tells you.

The fridge at work is not somewhere I trust, so mine never leaves the house, and that decision has removed a recurring worry.

What I underestimated was how much the tiredness compounded. A rough week on top of a rota change was much worse than either alone.

That is a kinder way of putting it than I have managed about myself.

I do mine on the same weekday regardless of what shift I am on, and I gave up on the time of day entirely about a year ago.

Not a solution, just company.

I keep everything at home rather than carrying it, and I built my schedule around being at home on that day. Fewer things to go wrong.

Sitting with you on this one.