Day 2 and I went into the shed..
God I love the smell of 2 stroke in the morning !!
All good, only started 2 or maybe 6 bikes and just re-aquainted myself with the inner biker, nothing too stressful.
Grinning like a cow chewing cactus.. ;-)
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Cheque please ......
I have escaped....
All did go well this morning and they have let me out. This is great and also gives me confidence that I am going well as the Doctors are ultra conservative and if they are happy for me to return to Bendigo and just check in with them twice a week, I must be going well.
Got home this afternoon to be met at the door by a huge hamper of fresh fruit and goodies from my friends and SAP superstars from Perth. Thanks heaps guys, very much appreciated !!
With my renewed vigour for life, I think I also need a new role model / inspiration. Charlie Sheen is front runner at the moment with a watching brief on Matthew Newton and Ricky Nixon. ;-)
It's great to be home and out of the "Hospital System". It's now a matter of checking in with the Melbourne doctors on a Monday and Friday with midweek visits to my specialist in Bendigo. I'm very fortunate in that my Bendigo based specialist used to lead the renal (kidney) team at the Austin in Melbourne so he has an enormous amount of respect amongst the Melbourne team which has no doubt influenced the decision to let me come home.
I have promised everyone that I wont get carried away by being home and agreed to not go into the shed for at least two weeks. We'll see how that goes eh ?
Truly a great day and feeling a million dollars.
Bring it on world !!!!
All did go well this morning and they have let me out. This is great and also gives me confidence that I am going well as the Doctors are ultra conservative and if they are happy for me to return to Bendigo and just check in with them twice a week, I must be going well.
Got home this afternoon to be met at the door by a huge hamper of fresh fruit and goodies from my friends and SAP superstars from Perth. Thanks heaps guys, very much appreciated !!
With my renewed vigour for life, I think I also need a new role model / inspiration. Charlie Sheen is front runner at the moment with a watching brief on Matthew Newton and Ricky Nixon. ;-)
It's great to be home and out of the "Hospital System". It's now a matter of checking in with the Melbourne doctors on a Monday and Friday with midweek visits to my specialist in Bendigo. I'm very fortunate in that my Bendigo based specialist used to lead the renal (kidney) team at the Austin in Melbourne so he has an enormous amount of respect amongst the Melbourne team which has no doubt influenced the decision to let me come home.
I have promised everyone that I wont get carried away by being home and agreed to not go into the shed for at least two weeks. We'll see how that goes eh ?
Truly a great day and feeling a million dollars.
Bring it on world !!!!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
.... are we there yet ?
Another exciting week in the Hotel California.. I must be getting better as I am becoming
increasingly cranky with being stuck in the hospital system.
Good news this week is that all going well with my appointments tomorrow, I should be able to
check out of the Medi-Hotel tomorrow and head home... for good !!
I will need to come down to Melbourne on a Monday and Friday for at least another 3 weeks
but can do my mid week blood tests and check up with my specialist in Bendigo. This a great
result and while a little inconvenient for the family ( I can't drive for another 3 weeks), will be so
much better than climbing the walls stuck in Melbourne.
All must be going well as this is at least 2 weeks ahead of the original schedule that was laid
out for me.
Thanks to all for their continued kind wishes and cards etc.. I hope my friends in Perth are
coping with the heat OK. We haven't really had a summer in Victoria and it's now getting
cooler of an evening and even the days are fresh.
Stay tuned.. next post will be from home where I'll be a much happier camper.
increasingly cranky with being stuck in the hospital system.
Good news this week is that all going well with my appointments tomorrow, I should be able to
check out of the Medi-Hotel tomorrow and head home... for good !!
I will need to come down to Melbourne on a Monday and Friday for at least another 3 weeks
but can do my mid week blood tests and check up with my specialist in Bendigo. This a great
result and while a little inconvenient for the family ( I can't drive for another 3 weeks), will be so
much better than climbing the walls stuck in Melbourne.
All must be going well as this is at least 2 weeks ahead of the original schedule that was laid
out for me.
Thanks to all for their continued kind wishes and cards etc.. I hope my friends in Perth are
coping with the heat OK. We haven't really had a summer in Victoria and it's now getting
cooler of an evening and even the days are fresh.
Stay tuned.. next post will be from home where I'll be a much happier camper.
Friday, February 25, 2011
We gotta get out of this place...
You ripper... I'm free for a day !!
Get to go home this morning and come back tomorrow afternoon.
It's only a brief "escape" but will break up the stay in Melbourne.
Get to go home this morning and come back tomorrow afternoon.
It's only a brief "escape" but will break up the stay in Melbourne.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Who's up for a jog ??
Just a short post letting you know that I'm travelling great. Blood results are really good with only one measure out of the lot (approx 25) being just out of "normal" range. Prior to the transplant, all 25 were
out of the normal range.
Still on daily Doc appointments and tests for another couple of weeks, then all being well, drop back to 3
tests a week where I'm hopeful the middle one can be done in Bendigo.
Bring on the world !!
out of the normal range.
Still on daily Doc appointments and tests for another couple of weeks, then all being well, drop back to 3
tests a week where I'm hopeful the middle one can be done in Bendigo.
Bring on the world !!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Welcome to the Hotel California
You can check in but you can never leave :)
What a nice surprise, I don't have to dialyse.
Well yesterday I got all of the way through the
1978 copy of "Russian Sailing Craft" that looked to
be the most interesting of the selection.
In the arvo I was blessed by a visit from Mrs. Watson,
unfortunately she brought her husband. While their
company was great, Watto's offer to run me through the
"Supply chain process" just one more time soon had me
heading back to the library picking out a National Geographic
from the 60's.....
On the topic of this blog, all is still going well,
they are just starting to monitor a couple of things
a little more closely but that is to
be expected. All good !!
What a nice surprise, I don't have to dialyse.
Well yesterday I got all of the way through the
1978 copy of "Russian Sailing Craft" that looked to
be the most interesting of the selection.
In the arvo I was blessed by a visit from Mrs. Watson,
unfortunately she brought her husband. While their
company was great, Watto's offer to run me through the
"Supply chain process" just one more time soon had me
heading back to the library picking out a National Geographic
from the 60's.....
On the topic of this blog, all is still going well,
they are just starting to monitor a couple of things
a little more closely but that is to
be expected. All good !!
Welcome to the Hotel California
You can check in but you can never leave :)
What a nice surprise, I don't have to dialyse.
Well yesterday I got all of the way through the
1978 copy of "Russian Sailing Craft" that looked to
be the most interesting of the selection.
In the arvo I was blessed by a visit from Mrs. Watson,
unfortunately she brought her husband. While their
company was great, Watto's offer to run me through the
"Supply chain process" just one more time soon had me
heading back to the library picking out a National Geographic
from the 60's.....
On the topic of this blog, all is still going well,
they are just starting to monitor a couple of things
a little more closely but that is to
be expected. All good !!
What a nice surprise, I don't have to dialyse.
Well yesterday I got all of the way through the
1978 copy of "Russian Sailing Craft" that looked to
be the most interesting of the selection.
In the arvo I was blessed by a visit from Mrs. Watson,
unfortunately she brought her husband. While their
company was great, Watto's offer to run me through the
"Supply chain process" just one more time soon had me
heading back to the library picking out a National Geographic
from the 60's.....
On the topic of this blog, all is still going well,
they are just starting to monitor a couple of things
a little more closely but that is to
be expected. All good !!
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