Susan Marie Fisher

New Beginnings

Random comments on what I've noticed since transplant:

* I'm never thirsty anymore
* I hardly ever use chapstick anymore
* I'm FREEZING all of the time (anemia?)
* I'm tanked after a day of work
* I actually am not terrified of eating out.

I've now been back at work for two weeks. The first week was rough - my back and incision both hurt a lot. I think this was because I was not used to sitting in a chair! The second week was a bit better.

Julian still does most of the work around the house. Wally (as a production) gave me $200 of home delivery of food, so we waited to use that until I went back to work. If we don't eat that, Julian does the cooking (and cleaning). He is also still doing most of the dog walking - I only walked her twice this week.

Although I can now easily sleep 10hrs+/night, since this week was a little better than last, I can only assume things will get better from here.

As for food, I do seem to be eating significantly better than before tx. I do think my gastroparesis has improved considerably! I used to be scared of eating out: would they have a soup I could digest? anything I can digest? Now I eat out, just eating half of what they bring and it's not too frightening. The few times I've tried something more 'agressive' like fried foods, I have gotten sick. So I think it is just a matter of picking 'light' foods nowadays as opposed to pureed foods. THAT is a huge change :)

Posted by sfisher at May 12, 2007 10:34 AM