Sorry I've been off the radar for the last week, I got home from hospital last Monday, just in time for my birthday on Tuesday :-) I turned 37, which I am not thrilled with, but what can you do? I have been good, I now only have to go to clinic once a week instead of twice a week, which is so exciting for me.
You see, clinic now entails a blood test, an xray and breathing tests, each and every clinic visit, then you see the physiotherapist, dietitian, transplant co-ordinator and then the doctor; its exhausting. The worst bit is the waiting around but everyone is in the same boat so all you can do is re-read the same 7 year old magazines you read 2 days ago. I can now also drive myself, but locally only, not over 80kms. This is in case of a head-on collision at 100kms would do serious damage to my sternum and lungs.
I had a great birthday, I got woken up to beautiful gifts from Brad then he got my breakfast and I went to a family lunch at my aunt's house. In the afternoon I had two friends from work visit me whom I adore and they brought me some gifts that my workmates had put in to buy me. The day was finished off with a quiet dinner at home with Brad and Teddy with the fireplace blazing because it was a freezing cold night. All up it was lovely, I was spoiled rotten, as it should be in my humble opinion!
I had an exciting weekend; I attended my first Toastmasters workshop in around a year. It was so lovely to see old friends and make new ones. I was lucky enough to be invited as a guest on the day by the gracious organiser and I had actually asked for a minute on the agenda to say thank you to everyone for all the support and encouragement they had given me throughout the transplant. Well to my surprise I was allotted 3 minutes on the agenda so what had been a "I'll just say thanks for all your support" thought turned into a Table Topics on the spot! I must have succeeded in getting across my heartfelt thanks because afterwards several people approached me.
Today I brought an overlocker off Ebay. Although its a few years old, its an Elna and works well and I'm really excited but also nervous to use it. It looks very complicated and Brad's mum had one when he was a kid and his only advice was that 'overlocker' must be a German swear word because that's what you do before you throw it out the window because you can't get it working! Great, thanks for that fiancee-o-mine!
Anyhoo, Teddy is well and looking very cute, his curls are coming back and he's looking like my lamby again. Brad has several new clients and I'm powering ahead in my course.
love
K
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