I don't have much to update which means everything is going good! I am back into my old routine at work and still feeling great. I am still doing blood draws twice a month and Nurse Karen called with results from my last test and my liver counts were perfect! One of my anti-rejection counts was a little low so she will keep an eye on that but she wasn't to worried since my liver was happy. I have a standing lab order so I can go to the lab whenever I want so I went on a Friday vs my normal Monday to play a trick on my WBC. I give myself the neupogen injections Friday night so I wanted to see what my count would be Friday morning of the following week and they were not low! Maybe my WBC is over being so dramatic and finally behaving???
I see Dr. Bzowej on March 9th so hopefully she will reduce the neupogen injections to every other week. They do the job of keeping my WBC count normal but the side effects SUCK!!! Imagine your bones feeling like they are exploding and that is what I feel every Saturday.
We leave for Maui on Monday!! It will be interesting to go on a tropical vacation and not being able to be in the sun but regardless, I know we will have a great time! I will share some pictures when I get back!
ALOHA!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Four weeks down... a lifetime to go!
Everyday for the last four weeks, my coworkers have been asking how I am doing. My response is always the same.... "I keep coming back so I must be doing good.'
I am AMAZED on how well I am doing being back at work. Truthfully, I was terrified to return to work. Imagine the anxiety you feel returning to work after a two week vacation and multiply that by 100. I was scared I would be tired, scared I lost some brain function, scared that I lost my work ethic. Well, I was scared for no reason at all and it's like I never left. I have more energy now than I did when I wasn't working. I have decided that being lazy just makes you more lazy. I am back working 10 hour days and I am loving every second of it. Ok, I am lying... I do not like my alarm going off at 5:30am......!
The most gratifying part of being back at work is that I do not have time to think of myself as a transplant patient. I take my pills throughout the day but at no other time do I feel like I was ever sick. I am being cautious and being a germ freak but other than spraying Lysol a couple of times a day... I AM BACK TO MY NORMAL LIFE!!!!
We leave for Maui in 21 days and I am so excited! After working for 7 weeks, I need a vacation! LOL.... just kidding. Joe won Manager of the Year and we were suppose to go on this trip last year but I decided to mess up those plans by almost dying so his work is letting us go this year!
I am AMAZED on how well I am doing being back at work. Truthfully, I was terrified to return to work. Imagine the anxiety you feel returning to work after a two week vacation and multiply that by 100. I was scared I would be tired, scared I lost some brain function, scared that I lost my work ethic. Well, I was scared for no reason at all and it's like I never left. I have more energy now than I did when I wasn't working. I have decided that being lazy just makes you more lazy. I am back working 10 hour days and I am loving every second of it. Ok, I am lying... I do not like my alarm going off at 5:30am......!
The most gratifying part of being back at work is that I do not have time to think of myself as a transplant patient. I take my pills throughout the day but at no other time do I feel like I was ever sick. I am being cautious and being a germ freak but other than spraying Lysol a couple of times a day... I AM BACK TO MY NORMAL LIFE!!!!
We leave for Maui in 21 days and I am so excited! After working for 7 weeks, I need a vacation! LOL.... just kidding. Joe won Manager of the Year and we were suppose to go on this trip last year but I decided to mess up those plans by almost dying so his work is letting us go this year!
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