23 April - Tired

I wound up doing a good bit of the driving yesterday on our trip to NC and only got a short nap.
Result: tired this morning.
One other observation: I seem to feel better on bright, sunny days than cloudy, rainy days.

As a result of eating some new foods yesterday, my digestive system let me know that I need to back off a bit. Trying to be more careful today.

I am also wondering if part of my brains were removed with my kidney. After we drove about 100 miles yesterday, I realized that I forgot my wallet. And this morning I discovered that I had forgotten my electric toothbrush (which I had carefully laid on the bed next to my suitcase when I was packing.)

I got my steri-strips off my incision in the shower this morning. I was afraid they were going to be there forever. I can't believe how small the incision looks and how he ever got the kidney through that size hole -- I have this picture of him with his foot on my stomach and pulling with two hands -- no wonder I was sore!

I got the results of my blood testing from Kaiser. The doctor said that all of my kidney related tests were fine. I did notice that cholesterol numbers on my LIPID panel tests were going in the wrong direction from my previous test, so I have resumed taking my Simvistatin.

Today, Barbara and I went to Mass with Annmarie, then to Starbucks (they let me in without a gun!) and then shopping at Sam's Club. After lunch I took a delicious two hour nap. Weather looks pretty good now -- think I will take a walk.

22 April - off to NC

Yesterday I had a busy day. Only got one small nap. Today I am a bit tired, but taking short turns driving.

Testing more foods - so far so good!

20 April - Cracking the Code ??

Yesterday I was more careful with my diet. This lead to my digestive system doing better, which meant that I slept better last night and I don't feel tired this morning. Maybe this is all related!!

19 April - Good Day - More Energy

Photo (L to R) is my brother, Keith, who donated blood for Kate, Kate, me. Photo was taken one week after surgery.


Today was good. Had quite a bit of energy -- hope I don't pay for it tomorrow.

18 April: Went to Church, but slow day.

My digestive system is still not back to normal. I sure wish I could get this moving in the right direction. I am also very tired today. I think that a major activity, like biking or mowing the lawn requires two days of rest afterwards.

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17 April - Cut the Grass

Finally got to cutting the grass. I was only going to do the front, but felt good so I did the whole yard. As I was pushing the lawn mower, I was thinking that it was only two weeks ago that I was walking the halls in the hospital pushing on IV pole. I am not a big fan of grass cutting, buy I will take the lawn mower over the IV pole anytime.

16 April: Biking

Yesterday was the two week anniversary of my surgery. It was a nice warm day, so Barbara and I biked seven miles -- not too much, but it is a start. Today looks like another nice one, so maybe we can get in some more miles.

I was thinking that I should do a little lawn mowing, but I seem to have more energy in my head than my body.

Spoke to Kate. She was released from the hospital on Wednesday and doing well at home. She has another appointment today (two per week). The bad part is that they have to drive into NYC -- I did not realize that she is not allowed to take public tranportation because of the reduced immunity due to the anti-rejection drugs.