Some of you may remember from 2019 (!) that I signed up to give one of my giblets to an unsuspecting stranger. After 2.5 years of ineptitude and general admin trauma, it was matched last Wednesday [didn't let me know until yesterday] and they now have to get the recipient ready and have meetings etc. I have had the best MOT - probably 3 times, including being injected with radioactive stuff (which had no effect or feeling at all, apart from boredom hanging around Poole for hours while it did its job).
So, if I suddenly go quiet in about January, when my poor kidney will be 75 years old - would you want it? Neither would I - you'll know that it all went horribly wrong. However, I'll be asleep, so won't know.....
On that cheery note, it's a lovely day and it's my turn to cook. Devilled kidneys, anyone?
@duchess pleased to hear that you are recovering well.
@duchess glad to hear you are on the road to recovery!!! I suppose it will take a while for your body to adapt. Hope you have a good check up on Friday. ๐๐ค๐
So pleased you are getting around again @duchess but still take it easy. Husbands are good for some things aren't they! ๐
Update on the kidney thing. Am now driving, one month in. Going to a walkaround on Friday at our new car park at Dorchester hospital, so I can complain about the tiny spaces and generally be a nuisance. Taking Chris, as a human walking stick, in case I feel weird. Thanks for all your good wishes. My body keeps telling me I'm ill, which is not the case; just been run over by a 30-tonne truck!
@harryflatters , @roz, @Flossy ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ ,@Janet ๐๐ฐ๐๐น @Happygirl
@duchess so pleased that it all went smoothly. Hope both Kevin and ....what's his/her name?? continue to thrive. Get all the rest and pampering you can - you certainly deserve it. It was a very brave and noble thing you did. Not many of us would be willing to donate.
@duchess so pleased it all went well for you and the recipient of Kevin. Take care and enjoy being waited on while you recover. X
Yeah and poor ole @Happygirl and @Flossy ๐ง๐ง ๐ง๐ง and others do this kind of thing because they have to. So glad you have your appt., @Happygirl and that the infusions went well.
Why anyone would go into hosp. voluntarily, I can't imagine. Oh yes, I did. Well obviously everybody lied about how ghastly it is. At least I had a room in Portsmouth with a sea view of Hayling Island and the ambulance emergency parking. 20 at a time! All with patients on board. Nightmare.
Kevin the Kidney now resides in someone else's cavity and is reportedly doing well with the new plumbing. The orphan [the best one, really] took over at once (well, it wasn't disconnected) and is now manfully trying to make up the deficit. My restful moments are accompanied by various organs settling down and readjusting to the new, spacious layout, so I hope they'll be happy.
Cairo was fairly indifferent to my return, but is allowed on my bed for a treat [for me] and is assiduously washing his bottom. So no change there.
Hope you're all enjoying life on this lovely day. Well, it is in Dorset. Room service is excellent. Thank goodness for phones etc. I am surrounded, as I was in hosp., with technology to keep me informed of the world.
Lynn xx
@harryflatters @nabob @renatew5๐บ๐ถ @Flossy ๐ง๐ง ๐ง๐ง @Janet ๐๐ฐ๐๐น @roz @Tanith
Thinking of you today @duchess Glad Cairo is safe!
You are a wonderful lady to be doing this @duchess
See above re Cairo. Thank goodness. One thing less to think about. Now, where are my chargers for tablet and phone? No nail polish! Ruffians.....
@duchess All the Very Best Wishes, I will be thinking of you, hope all goes well. I do hope you are reunited with Cairo.
@duchess I will be thinking of you. I'm sure it will be fine. I hope Cairo returns soon.
Ok guys, @harryflatters@renatew5๐บ๐ถ @Happygirl @Flossy ๐ง๐ง ๐ง๐ง @Janet ๐๐ฐ๐๐น @nabob Hope you did your homework and read the above article re brains! Off on Monday (they're already complaining about a healthy person taking up a bed overnight; they expected me to get up at 0300 to get to Portsmouth by 0630!) for the knife on Tues. am. Apparently they blow up your innards with gas, so they can rummage in comfort, which is nasty afterwards; it has nowhere to go, as it's not in the digestive system. eek. Probably won't blog from hosp. as will only have tablet and can't type proper-like. It's a bit like being on death row, really. See you on the "other side"! ๐ท๐ PS Cairo the Bengal has gone missing since yesterday; now that's really upsetting!! ๐ฟ
Bless you @duchess , they must think that your kidney will be okay even though you are the age that you are. I have never thought about relating age to kidney's etc if you get my drift to transplant so it must be okay, you must have some brilliantly good internal organs ha ha, sending you all the best for it โฅ
The only thing I will say that's nearly an emotional response is that somewhere there's a bloke/woman - hopefully not a child! who's looking forward to their operation!
Thank you, but you're all wrong. I'm not all nice. This is a result of a weird configuration of the amygdala in the brain.
Seriously. I didn't hesitate for a second when I saw the request from the blood people. No thought went into it. At least I have part of the brain which is 8% bigger than others; fat lot of good it did me at O level time! I have met other donors and the altruistic ones are all the same. I didn't even like them much!
On that note, I remember when I became a Samaritan about 40 years ago, going home and thinking "blimey, didn't like her/him much" and thought that was a bad thing. But we all got on and saved a few lives. Funny, innit?
Yes I do remember @duchess and I was full of admiration for you then and still now. โค๏ธ
As when you originally shared this news with us, I still have no adequate words to say what an incredible person you are @duchess . I will keep all crossed that it goes smoothly for everyone involved - you can sure bet that the recipient will really want it!!
@duchess I absolutely take my hat off to you. What an ultimate amazing gesture/sacrifice ( cannot really think of the words) that you are making. You must have really special cells and a heart of gold. My mother in law had a liver transplant in 1994. She was the 1000th patient to receive a liver at Birmingham QE hospital. She lived for another 11 years after receiving it. We are forever grateful to the unknown donor. ๐
@duchess You are amazing, that's all I can say.
I have chronic kidney disease so wouldn't be accepted anyway but there's no way I would do what you are doing unless it was to help a very close relative I'm far to selfish.
Hats off to you dear Duchess.