15 weeks post-op

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

I feel better but still have a lot of phlegm in my cough. I am drinking more water and taking more vitamins. I picked up some Vitamin D today with 1000 IUs. Took a couple at lunch and a couple in the evening. Same with Vitamin C. I also have a B-complex vitamin that I need to remember to take daily.

I have 2 weeks until I meet the kidney expert to review test results. I hope my ill health does not show in my blood work. I have 10 weeks until I do my final set of tests. I will be healthy again!

Then, I'll have to figure out what to do in 2011....

Still... sick as a dog

Sunday, September 26, 2010

I have been sick twice since I started back to work almost 7 weeks ago. I am coughing and feel warm and my head is full of mucus. This bout has lasted 10 days!

I need to get healthy!

Blood work 3 months post-op

Thursday, September 23, 2010

A single vile of blood tests whether I'm as healthy with one kidney as I was with two. :)

My appointment with Dr. R. Richardson to discuss his review of my blood test results is Wed October, 13, 2010 @ 9:00 am at the Toronto General Hospital Renal Clinic.

At 6 months I need to complete blood tests again and a 24-hour urine test.

14 weeks post-op

It's Tuesday, September 21, 2010 and I'm sick again!

It started with a headache/migraine all weekend then finally early Monday morning I resorted to taking a Tylenol 3 from my surgery. It dulled the headache and made the day tolerable.

I was feeling cold and tired last night but don't feel the need to sleep other than at night. I was never a day-time napper.

I think I am more prone to getting run-down when I get inadequate sleep. However, in the past 4 weeks I have been considerably busy. My dog got in a fight and needed surgery so that was very stressful. Work is busy busy busy. Social events, karate and referee clinics and tournaments; plus this week we have a house guest. Life is good, life is moving along. I just need to catch up!

I've said it before but it's really something I have to work on. As much as I enjoy sleep, I don't know why I don't get enough. :)

10 weeks post-op

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Starting to feel better, healthy. Work is seeming more like normal. Picking up where I left off.

Karate is good, sleep is getting better.

Karate.... hiiiii-yaaaaaa!

Saturday, August 21, 2010
It was so good to be back at karate. I helped teach the first 2 classes and participated in and instructed in the last two. I did some ab work as well and decent stretching so I'm off to a good start. It was light training and I did feel tired but I have been nothing but sedentary for so long so I'm trying to take it slow. Brittany helped at the store and did some training too.

After, we shared homemade lasagna, pizza, wine and fruit salad at our Sensei's place wit him and his girlfriend, Morana. Brittany didn't have any wine. She's 17 and says it tastes like cough syrup. ;)

I was so sleepy when we got home, I ended up watching Spiderman 2 on TV (recorded) then decided I'm not going to bed at 6 p.m. Saturday night so make some coffee. Everybody else is out of the house.

Solitude.

Still sick

Friday, August 20, 2010
Feeling far better but still coughing up phlegm and sniffling. Weird! I am never sick. However, I'm not getting a lot more sleep like I should be either. Close to 7 hours each week night. I take my vitamins twice daily most of the time. I must drink *more* water. Coffee is a good friend right now. :)

I'll be starting back at karate tomorrow - after 10 weeks of inactivity! I find the walk to and from work (at either end of my train commute) noticeable in increased movement.

I can feel 'stitching' going on in my lower abdomen. Funny/new sensation - probably brought on by me moving around much more now.

On a special note, my brother Rollie, the baby of the family, would have been 37 years old today.