Short of puff

Well things are going pretty well on the home front, make no mistake I am still pretty sick but at least mentally my head is in a gentle recovery phase. Issues at the moment are primarily feeling sick all the time, the anti nausea tablets help but I walk around all day thinking about throwing up as I have a horrible taste at the back of my throat like I was just about to. The tablets have meant I have not actually done it but its pretty miserable feeling like this all the time, today for the first time there were a few hours when this was not the case. No need to say this has kept the cork in the bottle of champagne still.

The other major issue, which I think means I will need a blood transfusion tomorrow at my check up, is running out of puff. This is usually a sign of very low red blood cells in my blood, for instance I got the car out for a polish today after it was charged up, took it to the garage to fill it up, took down the roof - and put it back in the garage unpolished, no puff left at all, in fact it was an effort to stay focused long enough to get it in the garage without hitting the narrow door. Once again I have to pause half way up the stair to our flat to breath a lot so I think low haemoglobin is the cause. I am fine if I stay more or less still, like at the computer just now so my mind is willing but the body is weak.

Fatigue is a more minor problem, as no one is expecting me to do much I just lie down when I feel tired and I end up sleeping 2-3 hrs in the course of a day as well as going to bed at 10pm getting up at 10am. So a bit of a sleepyhead.

Keeping me busy when I am awake has been organising the logistics of getting about 20 people to the Monster bike and Hike, my outline of who has to be where in what car etc is now in its third iteration as folks chop and change plans and who wants to be in chalets with who etc. We seem to be getting close to a final plan at last which is a relief. My other interest is the setting up of Lee's company her current employers have made some pretty tough demands so the best of my life's lessons on how to negotiate to a reasonable outcome are being put to the test.

The weather continues to be kind here and I continue to watch the grass grow instead of cutting it as I should if I had some puff, lets hope next week will see me with more energy and less nausea but in reality as on average I should still be in hospital I am still doing quite well.

So a wobbly body update from me but a happy mind as long as I do not try to do too much!

Cheers

Gerry