Dear Family, Friends and Prayer Warriors!!
Things are really progressing quite good. I went back to work on Monday, May 17. It was really quite good to be back to work. They held the abuse to a minimum. It was good to be back to a routine. I only worked 4 hours a day (my boss would kick me out). This week I will go back to my 6 hour day. I still have to take a day off each week to go into NYC for check-ups. My boss wants me to wear a berca to ward off germs while I am at work or in a crowd. Then I only have to worry about getting detained!
Today I drove into NYC for a follow up appointment with the surgeon. It is such a quick visit, 10 minutes max. He looks at you and tells you, "you look great, see me again in 4 weeks". It is an hour and a half drive to get in. My friend said I should see if he is willing to do these follow-ups via Skype!!
My nephrologist sees me weekly (also in NYC) to adjust the multiple meds I am on and to interpret the weekly labs I have done.
He laughs at me because I have the opposite of White Coat Syndrome. I go in telling him how the readings I take daily at home are and he gets readings of 120/60 when he takes my reading!
While my hemoglobin level is still below 12 (at 9), I do feel a bit more energetic. I think that may be driven by necessity now that Matt and his girlfriend are with us as they both look for jobs.
I was starting to get back to the pool to work out, but this morning I cut my finger on a shard of glass so they said I should stay out of the water until the steri-strips fall off.
I can't believe June 1 will be the 2 month mark. My brother Norman has done quite well in his recovery as well. He is pretty much getting back to his former routine as well.
With our thanks for all your thoughts and prayers,
Love,
Kate & Fran
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Kate--so glad all is going well there. Your humor is the same as my Dads--perhaps that kidney had some humor in it!
ReplyDeletekeep up the good work! Love ya--Annmarie