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« Reply #1550 on: August 25, 2013, 07:05:33 PM »
I've been very tired lately but I did get a load of laundry done and hung on the line. Did a little work in the garden. That's about it for today.
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« Reply #1551 on: August 25, 2013, 09:55:24 PM »
I managed to take a shower tonight.  I don't think it's ever worn me out so much.  Anyone who's familiar with spoon theory will know what I mean when I saw that it took at least 5 spoons to get it done
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« Reply #1552 on: August 26, 2013, 10:35:45 AM »
It's a Bank Holiday here so we've entertained my in-laws.  Sat through honeymoon snaps of Mexico and drank too much wine but everybody left us in a happy mood, even my MiL. 

This was after a morning spent completely cleaning the house.  As soon as they left I got the hoover out again because the state of my new rug (shredding) was making my head spin.

Tonight I will be mostly eating the food that's left over and soaking in some bubbles.
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« Reply #1553 on: August 27, 2013, 12:28:05 AM »
Today I am going to make my christmas puddings!!!!
I have a whole heap of dried fruit and a bottle of berry Port and all I need now is to source six individual pudding basins from town
and I'm away....
Christmas is a serious business in my house!  :urcrazy;
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3 years HD 1st transplant Feb 08 failed after 3 months
Back to HD 2nd transplant Dec 10 failed after 11 months
Difficult times with a femoral line and catching MSSA (Thank you Plymouth Hospital)
Back on HD (not easy to do that third time around)
Fighting hard (two years on) to do home HD ... watch this space!
Oh and I am am getting married 1/08/15 to my wonderful partner Drew!!!
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« Reply #1554 on: August 27, 2013, 03:33:32 PM »
I visited a town I've never been to before, on buses and severely disrupted trains, to have lunch with a friend.  I spent vast amounts of money on stocking-filler style Christmas presents from a factory shop, two tops and a dress.  In my defence though, the dress was one I've been wanting for a long time and it was on sale (£30 off) and it's not available online anymore.  I was exceedingly happy to find it!  Oh, and the credit card paid for it. Sorry Blokey!

 ;D
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« Reply #1555 on: August 27, 2013, 04:05:41 PM »
Two posts in a row talking about Christmas! Have we all gone mad?
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« Reply #1556 on: August 27, 2013, 07:48:06 PM »
Sorry, galvo, but I've been working like an elf on things to sell at a Christmas craft show for weeks now!
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« Reply #1557 on: August 28, 2013, 01:05:26 AM »
Hell Galvo, my Christmas preparations started over a month ago. I even have a notebook just for Christmas 2013!!!
Booked a cottage. And started planning menus and activities. Done half of my Christmas shopping already!!!
Those six mini Christmas puddings are steamed and now stored away.
I'll make the cake next week!

In truth, I absolutely love Christmas and half the fun is in the planning!
But then I'm British ... and we always long for a traditional, white christmas!  :ukflag;
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3 years HD 1st transplant Feb 08 failed after 3 months
Back to HD 2nd transplant Dec 10 failed after 11 months
Difficult times with a femoral line and catching MSSA (Thank you Plymouth Hospital)
Back on HD (not easy to do that third time around)
Fighting hard (two years on) to do home HD ... watch this space!
Oh and I am am getting married 1/08/15 to my wonderful partner Drew!!!
The power of optimism over common sense :)
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« Reply #1558 on: August 28, 2013, 09:09:51 AM »
I've already started crafting for Christmas! Wonder who's going to be our "Santa Slave Driver" this year?!   :rofl;   :rofl;   :rofl;
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« Reply #1559 on: August 28, 2013, 12:54:35 PM »
Quote from: Sugarlump on August 28, 2013, 01:05:26 AM
But then I'm British ... and we always long for a traditional, white christmas!  :ukflag;

But we never get one (unless we live in the highlands of Scotland) ... *sigh*

I spent the morning at Hospital (in return for a free sandwich) taking part in research for diabetes.  I was visited by vampires twice (and they took LOADS of blood), radiated once, made to go on a treadmill, had an ultrasound on my liver, weight/height/waist/hips all measured and had an ECG.  Oh, and I pee'd in a pot before drinking some vile sweet glucose drink.  I'm now walking around for the next six days with three different things strapped to me measuring my heart-rate.

Then I went to the cinema on my own and snarled at the plethora of teenage girls who were annoying me. 

 ;D 

(Oh, and in a few weeks I'll be sent all my gumpf and it'll include a picture of my skeleton ... WooHoo!  I'm looking forward to that.)
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« Reply #1560 on: August 28, 2013, 10:25:43 PM »
Woo-Hoo indeed! I trust you intend to share!!
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« Reply #1561 on: August 29, 2013, 12:09:06 PM »
It would have to be some sandwich to get me to do all that!!!!
Like an amazing club sandwich or a smoked salmon one...  :rofl;  :rofl;  :rofl;
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10 years of half a life
3 years HD 1st transplant Feb 08 failed after 3 months
Back to HD 2nd transplant Dec 10 failed after 11 months
Difficult times with a femoral line and catching MSSA (Thank you Plymouth Hospital)
Back on HD (not easy to do that third time around)
Fighting hard (two years on) to do home HD ... watch this space!
Oh and I am am getting married 1/08/15 to my wonderful partner Drew!!!
The power of optimism over common sense :)
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« Reply #1562 on: August 29, 2013, 11:24:10 PM »
I got up around 1 pm (went to sleep around 4:30 am), got dressed and went to Starbucks to get my caramel frappuccino.  Then I came home played Farmville 2 on Zynga.  Then went grocery shopping with hubby, John.  Then came home, ate dinner, watched some tv.  Then played Farmville 2 again.  Came here and posted a newer picture of myself in that thread.  And I'm about to go to Shutterfly to work on a photo book.  And I'll probably get on Ancestry for a while too.

Anyway, considering I'm just coming out of a bad depression spell, that's pretty good for me! 
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Nov. 1979 - Diagnosed with glomerulonephritis of unknown origin by Dr. Robert
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Dec. 1979 - Diagnosed with Viral Pneumonia
Late Dec. 1979 - Emergency surgery to place a Scribner Shunt in left arm for dialysis
Jan. 1980 - Start hemodialysis until recovered from viral pneumonia
Feb. 27, 1980 - Receive 5 antigen living related transplant from father
Mar. 3, 1987 - PTH removed and part of one placed in left arm.  Fistula also placed in right arm.
Sept. 1988 - Start hemodialysis
Feb. 4, 1989 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Jan. 1994 - Return to hemodialysis
Oct. 18, 1996 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Nov. 22, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm to artery in kidney
Dec. 20, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm.  Kidney removed due to infection which has spread down right leg to abt mid thigh.
Apr. 1997 - Arterial bypass surgery to restore arterial blood flow to right leg
July 29, 1998 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Sept. 6, 2002 - Return to hemodialysis
Dec. 7, 2002 Sm. intestine ruptures while home alone. Still conscious upon arrival at hospital.
Dec. 8. 2002 - Surgery to repair ruptured bowel.  The prognosis is not good.  Surgeon tells family to prepare for the worse.  Spend a week in a coma and 3 months in hospital.  Takes abt a year and a half to completely recover.
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« Reply #1563 on: August 30, 2013, 11:19:38 PM »
Managed to get a zero diastolic blood pressure reading on D to-day! I was waiting for the men with the wheelbarow, when the nurse tightened the cuff, and everything was hunky dory!
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« Reply #1564 on: August 31, 2013, 01:08:04 AM »
That happens to me quite often when hooked up to dialysis machine with automatic bp monitor.
Alarm goes off and it reads Patient has no pulse!!!
Someone obviously forgot to tell me I was dead!!!
We use disposable cuffs and they usually only last about a month at a time before developing air leaks ... can't see how that saves em any money  8)
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10 years of half a life
3 years HD 1st transplant Feb 08 failed after 3 months
Back to HD 2nd transplant Dec 10 failed after 11 months
Difficult times with a femoral line and catching MSSA (Thank you Plymouth Hospital)
Back on HD (not easy to do that third time around)
Fighting hard (two years on) to do home HD ... watch this space!
Oh and I am am getting married 1/08/15 to my wonderful partner Drew!!!
The power of optimism over common sense :)
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« Reply #1565 on: September 01, 2013, 07:55:08 PM »
I didn't do anything today except eat too many Oreo's.  However, I did go to church this morning...so I got dressed.  Does that count as an activity? :shy;
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« Reply #1566 on: September 01, 2013, 10:23:32 PM »
Sure does!
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« Reply #1567 on: September 02, 2013, 01:20:19 AM »
I managed to put away a whole Vegetarian thin pizza, with artichoke, mushroom, red pepper, leek and cheese topping, two big slices of garlic bread, a glass and a half of Prosecco and a small coffee last night.
It was wonderful   ... but feel a bit "over" this morning. Need my dialysis.
But sometimes, just sometimes, it is good .... and worth it!   :P  :P  :P
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10 years of half a life
3 years HD 1st transplant Feb 08 failed after 3 months
Back to HD 2nd transplant Dec 10 failed after 11 months
Difficult times with a femoral line and catching MSSA (Thank you Plymouth Hospital)
Back on HD (not easy to do that third time around)
Fighting hard (two years on) to do home HD ... watch this space!
Oh and I am am getting married 1/08/15 to my wonderful partner Drew!!!
The power of optimism over common sense :)
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« Reply #1568 on: September 02, 2013, 09:44:37 PM »
good on ya! Sugarlump.
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« Reply #1569 on: September 03, 2013, 12:40:40 AM »
Haven't been feeling well lately.  So, I went to dialysis Monday and that was it!
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Nov. 1979 - Diagnosed with glomerulonephritis of unknown origin by Dr. Robert
                  Hickman
Dec. 1979 - Diagnosed with Viral Pneumonia
Late Dec. 1979 - Emergency surgery to place a Scribner Shunt in left arm for dialysis
Jan. 1980 - Start hemodialysis until recovered from viral pneumonia
Feb. 27, 1980 - Receive 5 antigen living related transplant from father
Mar. 3, 1987 - PTH removed and part of one placed in left arm.  Fistula also placed in right arm.
Sept. 1988 - Start hemodialysis
Feb. 4, 1989 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Jan. 1994 - Return to hemodialysis
Oct. 18, 1996 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Nov. 22, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm to artery in kidney
Dec. 20, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm.  Kidney removed due to infection which has spread down right leg to abt mid thigh.
Apr. 1997 - Arterial bypass surgery to restore arterial blood flow to right leg
July 29, 1998 - Receive 6 antigen perfect match cadaveric transplant
Sept. 6, 2002 - Return to hemodialysis
Dec. 7, 2002 Sm. intestine ruptures while home alone. Still conscious upon arrival at hospital.
Dec. 8. 2002 - Surgery to repair ruptured bowel.  The prognosis is not good.  Surgeon tells family to prepare for the worse.  Spend a week in a coma and 3 months in hospital.  Takes abt a year and a half to completely recover.
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« Reply #1570 on: September 03, 2013, 01:20:05 AM »
Sugarlump, you are my kind of girl. I could eat pizza every day and not tire of it. But, I am a "purist", cheese and extra cheese please.
I accomplished nothing but grocery shopping today, so I am $112.00 poorer now. It is too hot here and we are having humidity, very rare for Southern California, We are all suffering with it.
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« Reply #1571 on: September 03, 2013, 09:50:52 AM »
Just achieving the grocery shop is no mean feat Jean!
it is very hot and humid over here  :ukflag; Jean so I did an online shop for delivery Thursday
Good Old Sainsburys (saves me struggling carrying all that stuff, especially as I am not supposed to use my fistula arm for anything at moment til it matures.
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10 years of half a life
3 years HD 1st transplant Feb 08 failed after 3 months
Back to HD 2nd transplant Dec 10 failed after 11 months
Difficult times with a femoral line and catching MSSA (Thank you Plymouth Hospital)
Back on HD (not easy to do that third time around)
Fighting hard (two years on) to do home HD ... watch this space!
Oh and I am am getting married 1/08/15 to my wonderful partner Drew!!!
The power of optimism over common sense :)
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« Reply #1572 on: September 03, 2013, 11:35:20 AM »
It's been raining pretty steadily for the last 2 days, so I haven't been able to take Hugo (my sparkly blue walker) out to show off to the neighbors. *L*

We did go see a couple of acts at the PEI Busker Festival on Saturday.  I watched a really cute German guy fall off a 10 foot unicycle, while cracking whips that were on fire.
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« Reply #1573 on: September 03, 2013, 12:37:55 PM »
I was able to get the dock apart and haul it and the float out of the water and to the house by myself, of course I did need a nap afterwards.
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« Reply #1574 on: September 03, 2013, 12:43:00 PM »
Quote from: Riki on September 03, 2013, 11:35:20 AM
It's been raining pretty steadily for the last 2 days, so I haven't been able to take Hugo (my sparkly blue walker) out to show off to the neighbors. *L*

We did go see a couple of acts at the PEI Busker Festival on Saturday.  I watched a really cute German guy fall off a 10 foot unicycle, while cracking whips that were on fire.
i like the sound of firewhips!!!! wondder where you can learn to do that?""  :rofl;
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10 years of half a life
3 years HD 1st transplant Feb 08 failed after 3 months
Back to HD 2nd transplant Dec 10 failed after 11 months
Difficult times with a femoral line and catching MSSA (Thank you Plymouth Hospital)
Back on HD (not easy to do that third time around)
Fighting hard (two years on) to do home HD ... watch this space!
Oh and I am am getting married 1/08/15 to my wonderful partner Drew!!!
The power of optimism over common sense :)
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