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I'll be 55 this August... I've had bronchiectasis for ten years plus this year... End stage lung disease for the past year...been on oxygen for three years... and have I got used to it yet?... nah! I am now waiting for the biggie; a double lung and maybe a heart transplant. I love my life weirdly enough, because I have some wonderful family and friends who are with me every step of the way on my adventures, even though I embarrass them on a daily basis with my unorthodox way of looking at life. Not for the faint hearted!

Monday, 5 September 2011

I love sparkly stickers!

Whoa hoo... victory dance has been going on around the front room for a while now, as I have lost another 2lb, which means... trumpet fanfare and drums rolls please... I have already lost just over a half stone... Yesssss!
Yes, I am slightly excited as you may have guessed.
But now I have another sparkly sticker to stick on the front of my slimming bible and if I can keep all this extra exercise up, then I may get another one too for motivation.

Today at rehab, I kept myself away from the constant moaner and tried to up my game as much as I possibly could. Looking at the results of today compared to Fridays which were performed in the sudden heat, I had got back on track and gained some.
I don't care if the whinger thinks that I am Hannah's pet, my goal is being given a second chance and I am not going to be reason why I can't have the transplant. There are hundreds of reasons that could stop it going ahead, but I don't want it to be me being complacent and lazy.
I am now willing the next sixteen days to speed by, so I can get this 24hr pH and Pull-through manometry examination under my belt, the results back to Papworth and then myself back to Papworth for the three day stay, where I can stun and amaze them with how hard I have been trying to get fit for this transplant. I may even show them my stickers!

It wasn't all health orientated today, as I went out for lunch with Rosemary and Bill, to catch up with how things are going since Rosemary gave up work at ARU. They are a lovely caring couple, so I hope she adjusts as easy as I did to being at home.
I'm getting to be quite canny since giving up work, as we used the voucher that came from this particular restaurant through the post for our lunch today. No point spending extra money when you can swallow your pride and use promotional vouchers is there.
I'm going to start a WEA course too soon in the village and hopefully I can sign up as a concession. It will help pass the winter nights, I'll be learning something new and I'll be saving some money, so bonus.

I woke up in a lather this morning, as I could remember Reni and myself signing up for a trip to Bressingham with the Friendship club in the village. It is the club for the village OAPs, but we were allowed to go as I'm an honorary one and Reni is cute!
Anyway, for some reason in the middle of the night, I remembered that it was coming up quite soon, so I went looking for it in the dead of the night and found it tucked away not at all where I thought it was. When I checked the slip of paper with the dates on it, it was for Tuesday, which is tomorrow... Oo panic.
Luckily, the lady organising it had forgotten to put us down for two seats, so we were excused.
I don't know about the doctor testing my mother's memory, I think that they should check mine out too!

Lots of love Debbie x


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