It finally happened. Two weeks ago now. I took at call in the early hours of Friday morning to say that there was an available kidney. The operation seems to have gone well - my creatinine is falling and I feel great!
eGFR is currently 12 and rising.
As usual the NHS was completely amazing. The nurses were brilliant and really looked after me. Night times on the ward were more of a challenge (I need absolute quiet to sleep) and I was a little uncomfortable at first with the pain.
Most of the swelling has subsided, and I am without the catheter and drain line now. Only a catheter between the new kidney and my bladder remains for a couple more weeks. That will not be a pleasant experience to remove it!
And all this against the change from a May to a Johnson government. He has 98 days to deliver an impossible Brexit. We shall see what happens, but I am not confident that he will achieve any kind of deal. And if there is no deal then Parliament has made it clear that it will do everything it can to block it.
Interesting times.
eGFR is currently 12 and rising.
As usual the NHS was completely amazing. The nurses were brilliant and really looked after me. Night times on the ward were more of a challenge (I need absolute quiet to sleep) and I was a little uncomfortable at first with the pain.
Most of the swelling has subsided, and I am without the catheter and drain line now. Only a catheter between the new kidney and my bladder remains for a couple more weeks. That will not be a pleasant experience to remove it!
And all this against the change from a May to a Johnson government. He has 98 days to deliver an impossible Brexit. We shall see what happens, but I am not confident that he will achieve any kind of deal. And if there is no deal then Parliament has made it clear that it will do everything it can to block it.
Interesting times.
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