All the posts related to my liver issue.
Don’t know why I am writing about this. I was just thinking about it last night when I was trying to fall asleep. Instead of counting sheep, I counted all the holes I had in me after my transplant surgery. I’m sure Rivergirl will classify this as TMI, so I’ll give you that warning right now. Only proceed if you are wholly interested in my holes. When I woke up from my transplant surgery I had a number of things…
Not those kind of dreads! BTW, that’s my friend Liz Kidder. She’s a kick ass thru-hiker and an accomplished dreads artist. Sometimes I’ll bring up my blog and hit the widget on the side of the page that brings up a random blog post I wrote. How narcissistic is that? Today’s random post was one I wrote back in 2017 that was a prompt from the below book. I had to list things that I dread during the day. When…
It’s true! Podcasts seem to have increased in popularity in recent years. They would probably be even more popular if older Gen X and Baby Boomers didn’t think they were some exotic technology best left to Millennials and Gen Z. It’s basically just like listening to people talk on the radio except you listen on your computer or phone. Anyway, the point of this post is not to educate you on podcasts, it’s to let you know that I was…
I didn’t think it would take me this long to write about my transplant process, but it turns out there is a lot of stuff to do post-transplant that has kept me busy. Twice weekly visits to the hospital being the most time-consuming, along with shoveling tons of pills down my gullet everyday. Don’t get me wrong, I am most happy to be doing this because I get to live! Well, as long as my body doesn’t reject the new…
This is going to be short and sweet since I am still in the hospital and writing this on my autoovercorrecting phone. I got the CALL! I got a new liver! Woohoo! Everything is going good so far. Sore, but I can already feel the energy flowing back in me! Next week is my birthday. I used to complain about how close it was to Christmas but this is one Bday/Xmas present I’m happy to get! Thank you anonymous donor…
I wake. I look at the clock on the shelf beside my bed. It’s around 7:20 AM. I groan and get up. I start to get dressed for another day of telework. I’ve been doing this for the better part of the last four years, with the last two and half from the “office” in the front part of our RV where we live full-time. I feel a little melancholy. The previous day marked one year since we have been…
Figured I would keep y’all up to date on my health saga. As I mentioned in my last health post, they discovered two new malignant tumors in my liver. We were hoping that wouldn’t be an issue as my priority on the transplant list went up pretty high and a new liver would have taken care of the problem. As it turns out, I haven’t scratched the winning lottery ticket on the list yet so in order to keep the…
Thought I would give everyone an update on my health situation. This will be short and quick. No videos, no pictures, not even a mention of hiking! Well, except that previous sentence. At the end of the month it will be a year since we came to Texas to pursue a liver transplant. A few days ago I got the good news that the cancer exception points were added to my MELD score and I am up in the top…
Evidently there are a few of you out there that still want to know about the ongoing saga that is my health. Well, there is good and not so good news. Here’s the latest skinny. When I last wrote about this saga I explained that the timeline we had hoped for was not going to be as quick as we wanted. Boy, did I understate that. Also, we were still hoping for a living liver transplant from my sister. Those…
I saw my new transplant doctor in Dallas last Thursday. Here’s a little snippet of the conversation: Doctor: So, what can I do for you today? Me: Hook me up with a liver transplant. Doctor: OK, that’s our end goal here. Me: Cool, so can we get this done like next month? Doctor: Whoa! Pump the brakes there! I’ll spare you the rest of the conversation. Basically, things are not going to progress as quickly as we hoped. The doctor…