Friday 20th December

Good evening everyone, o hope you’ve had a wonderful Friday.

My sleep was adequate but woke up tired, yesterday really did exhaust me.

After breakfast I pushed myself to ride my bike for 30 minutes followed by full stretches. Looking back at the week, I’ve done some form of exercise since Sunday, this is the first time I’ve done continuous exercise for so many days. I feel good about it, I’m mentally positive when compared to the last few weeks.

Yesterday’s appointment and results from all of my various tests haven’t sunk in yet. Yes I’m happy but just too exhausted to say YES!!!

More chores today as well as Dr N shouting from the kitchen…Jes, the washing machine is holding water and leaking but I’m going to empty the overflow pipe and put a load in. All this time I’m resting on the sofa. A few minutes later I hear…Jes, it’s leaking…so I say start draining and I’m on my way. Yep, I conquer, water is leaking and to cut a long story short, we had to pull the washing machine out, check the machine is level, clear the filter, disconnect and clear the waste pipe and connecting pipe under the sink. Dr N ran a test cycle…no leak…that’s good so she put a load in and started the machine. All ok, no leaks and it’s working. By this time, I was totally exhausted, the constant kneeling and rising and getting behind the machine. Dr N said I’ll clean while you rest, she also cooked. I would have helped but just didn’t have the energy.

After dinner, while watching tv, I fell asleep. I had more energy when I woke up. Rest is always good.

The evening was full of rest, we were both feeling the effects of the day.

Early night just to have a good sleep.

Good night all, sleep well.

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Saturday 21st December

Good evening all, I hope you’re well.

I thought I had slept well but woke up tired.

I’m subconsciously thinking about my upcoming transplant, just so much to take in from Thursday’s appointment. Only 9 days to go.

I’ve nearly finished my packing, just T-shirts and joggers as I have to give blood everyday. The first thing they’ll do is insert a PICC line into my arm which will stay in me for my duration of stay. I just hope the weather doesn’t get too cold.

Just rested today, it rained all day and was so cold. Watched a couple of movies, ate well and made sure I drank lots of water.

My legs have been aching, no exercise today but hope to make up for it tomorrow.

Time for bed, and a good nights sleep.

Good night all, sleep well.

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Sunday 22nd December

Good evening everyone, I hope your weekend is going well.

I slept well but woke up with a mental fog, just too many thoughts.

I felt a little tired so no bike ride but made sure we went for a walk even though it cold and the wind made it even colder, weather app said the temp was about -4c. We managed 7.8 miles which was good. I felt exhausted as the evening wore on but I’m glad I pushed myself.

Otherwise it’s been a quiet Sunday, just rest.

Early night so I can try and shake these thoughts out of my head.

Good night all, sleep well.

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Monday 23rd December

Good evening all, I hope you’re well.

I slept well but woke up tired.

Today has been a day of nothing but rest because I’ve not felt right at all and also tired. On further investigations, it appears that I’m still recovering from the after effects of all the injections I had for the harvest. The drugs I’ve having take been a few weeks to a few months to leave my body hence I’m feeling good one day and totally tired the next. It’s not a nice feeling but something I just have to get use to.

Tomorrow I’ll push myself and even try getting on my bike.

Time for bed and a recovering sleep.

Good night all, sleep well.

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Tuesday 24th December

Good evening everyone, I hope you’ve had a lovely day.

I slept well, woke up less tired and after breakfast I managed a 30 minute bike ride, I did have to push myself but so glad I did. Stretches, shower and then we went for a walk around our mica park. We ended up walking 3 miles which is a short walk for us.

We had a late lunch and for the rest of the evening we relaxed.

I’m feeling tired but good, I did have a snooze while watching tv.

Today has been a good day compared to the last few days, it’s just crazy to feel so tired one day and then be able to exercise the next. Who knows how I’ll feel tomorrow.

Six days to go.

Earlyish night, we want to go for a nice walk tomorrow before our Christmas lunch.

I hope Santa brings you everything you asked for, but have you been good???

Good night all, sleep well.

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Wednesday 25th December

Good evening all, I hope you’ve had a lovely Christmas Day.

I’m feeling better today, even managed a 4 mile walk before our fish pie Christmas lunch. Always healthy.

It’s been a nice and quiet day, we both relaxed, apart from attempting to unblock our outside drain, more unblocking to be tried tomorrow, just too cold and dark today.

Time for bed, I’m a little tired but feeling positive today.

Good night all, sleep well.

❤️🙏🏽

Thursday 26th December

Good evening everyone, I hope you’ve recovered from Christmas Day and enjoyed the Boxing Day sales.

I didn’t sleep too well, I woke up at 5am, stayed in bed until 7am and then went down for breakfast. The kitchen was full of dirty dishes from yesterday so straight after breakfast, me and Dr N got wrapped up in warm clothes with a waterproof out layer. With the plunger at the ready, I moved the drain cover and forced the plunger in and started plungering away, yep, I got hit with the obligatory flying water water but the I got into the rhythm. Leaves were rising up as well as small specs of fat. Every time I stopped, Dr N removed the debris. After an hour, the water was running freely and not over flowing, even when I ran the hosepipe into it. That saved us a huge bill, especially from an emergency plumber.

That was my exercise for the day, lots of squats and plunging.

The rest of the day was spent relaxing, I even fell Adler while watching tv, I was tired. It’s been a cold day.

Four days to go. Yep, I’m ready. Packing will be completed tomorrow.

Time for bed, I need sleep. I need to do some exercise tomorrow, either bike ride or a long walk, possibly a bike ride and short walk, let’s see how I feel.

Good night all, sleep well.

❤️🙏🏽

Friday 27th December

Good evening everyone, I hope you’ve had a lovely week.

I slept well, after breakfast and a shower, we set off for a walk, there was a heavy mist, the roads were so busy, just lucky we were walking!! It was cold but we’re always prepared with our layers. On returning home, our walk covered 7.3 miles. Not too shabby at all!! Usually in the evening inf after such a walk, I’m feel exhausted but today I’m actually feeling good this evening, not too tired either.

Home made fish and chips with peas for our early dinner, all very healthy, I’d say we use about 2 tablespoons of oil, probably less to cover the chips and fish.

This evening I completed some work tasks and a little preparation for my SCT. I want to complete all of our packing by tomorrow so we can relax tomorrow evening and Sunday.

Time for bed and refreshing sleep.

Good night all, sleep well.

❤️🙏🏽

Saturday 28th December

Good evening everyone, I hope your weekend is going well.

I slept well, woke up a little tired. After breakfast I got on my bike and managed 30 minutes, I could have done more but I didn’t want to get overly tired and suffer later on. Full stretches after the ride.

The rest of the day was spent finalising everything for home, work and the few weeks ahead.

My head has been full of thoughts today, nothing negative at all, just stressing to make sure we have everything we’ll need. Yes I know I don’t need to stress but I know I’ll be ok tomorrow.

I’m ready for what’s coming, even though I have no idea how I’ll feel.

Time for bed and to try and switch my mind off, pointless tv I think for a little while.

Good night all, sleep well.

❤️🙏🏽

Sunday 29th December

Good evening all, I hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend.

My sleep could have been better, I woke up very early but luckily managed to sleep again for another hour. Full stretches after breakfast and then a nice 3.5 mile walk after breakfast. I just needed to get out, just so many thoughts in my head, the fresh air really made a difference.

All packing done and we’re ready for tomorrow and the next few weeks.

I’m feeling positive and ready for the challenges ahead.

Time for bed, early night ready for an early morning.

From tomorrow, I’ll be starting my blog from morning.

Good night all, sleep well.

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