Transplant day 56

Have five whole days passed since I last stopped to write? The weather has been very kind and gentle and I have managed to walk a couple of miles almost every day this past week; trying to establish a routine of a midday walk before lunch for 40 minutes so that I can fit in an hour’s sleep in the early afternoon. That works unless it is a Monday or Thursday morning clinic in Glasgow or Dumfries respectively (then it’s a late afternoon walk if there’s still light).

Today was a Dumfries Thursday clinic with the usual blood tests which were all quite good levels. (I am on a reducing dose of steroids that give a slightly artificially high white blood count). Today’s extra was the once a month inhalation of Pentamidine to protect my lungs; that took up an additional 20 minutes. Sister Liz Rae was dealing with me; she is very good at positive thinking and at making you feel special. According to her I am doing much better than an average transplant patient at day 56, which is most encouraging. Having so much caring support from Christine is such a help for me to focus on this whole long drawn out recovery business. But that’s another good week to tick off.