Friday 16 September 2016

Decisions, decisions!!!!!!

Hi folks, I haven't blogged for a while as i've been busy with work and other personal things to.
But I have good news!!! My sister got engaged back in July and I am going to be maid of honour at the wedding. The date is set for next September 2017. So that's one good thing to look forward to, i'm so excited.

As the title says "Decisions, decisions!!", well yes I had to make a big one last weekend 10/9/2016!!!!
As most of you know I am on the active transplant list for double lungs. Well I got a phone call from the transplant co-ordinators last Saturday evening saying they had a potential pair of lungs for me. Unfortunately they where ex-smokers lungs and I have opted to not have smokers lungs at the moment whilst i'm still so reasonably well. This was a huge decision for me to decline as yes I do want new lungs but i'm not willing to put my health at risk by accepting smokers lungs in case I get say like 4/5 years down the line after transplant to be told that I have something like COPD or lung cancer. Not to say this will happen. I've never been a smoker in my life and why should I have somebody else's lungs when they have smoked!! How do you know they have stopped smoking to!! 

At least now i've had a practice phone call and will know what happens when I get my next call. It has taken me just a little over 12 months to get a call!!! I'm sure I can wait another 12 months to!!!
I'm sure the transplant team at Wythenshawe will grill me next time i'm in clinic and ask if I still want to be on the transplant list.  

Well the summer is over with and i'm now back at work after having 6 weeks off for the hols. I work in a nursery and get school holidays off!!! It's ok for some!!! I've started on new hours as well. Going down from 14 hours to 12 1/2. I was struggling a bit on 14hours so decided to drop my hours. So far so good!! Counting down to half term in October which is very late this year. I'm off the first week in November!! Some schools where I live near are off the week before!!! It's very strange!!! 

Anyway that's all for this blog. As always thanks for reading. 

Hope you are all as well as can be.