So, I've had a shit week and not sure whether I wanna cry constantly (which I'm doing heaps of.... In my bedroom, by myself so to not bring the daily down) or just lay down and die ( Read more... )

Got kicked out of hospital despite not having pain management under control. Friggen nurses tried to do a dirty on me by giving me Panadole instead of Endone, then denied they'd done only for me to continue to demand 'proper pain meds' then I was magically given Endone ( Read more... )

So... Went and saw my vascular surgeon, Dr Swinnen, today and basically my veins and arteries are a clusterfuck ( Read more... )

Got a call this afternoon from Westmead hospital. Apparently I'm booked in for explorative surgery on Wednesday to try and find what the hell is going on with this bloody fluid overload crap. I'm hoping they find and fix the problem because it's getting harder to fall asleep and stay asleep (I've been diagnosed with 'medically induced Sleep Apnea' ( Read more... )

Looks like I'll be heading to Sydney soon for another operation, strangely not kidney related but because the doctors think I may have a stenosis (narrowing) of a vein or artery, possibly more than one or worse a blood clot hanging around somewhere.

( Talk About Boobs and Health/Life Rant Ahoy!! )

I got my results back from my Bone Marrow and there's no form of cancer. That's the good news ( Read more... )

I had my Bone Marrow Biopsy, so far the results haven't come through yet, and by Christ at the moment I'm hoping it's something to do with my stupid lymps as my face has ballooned and my eyes are nearly swollen shut with fluid (no, doctors still won't give me anything for it... It might hurt the kidney ( Read more... )

Didn't end up having the Bone Marrow Biopsy, got as far as the nerve block for him to get the needle into my hip and nope, I couldn't take the goddamn pain... And then I showed how brave I was by vomiting and crying ( Read more... )

Not a great week so far ( Read more... )

Had a bit of a scare these past two days. Creatinine went nuts to 200 and even though I've been drinking in this stupid heat I was severely dehydrated. Apprently all the kidney transplants (and other transplants and cancer patients) aren't doing so great ( Read more... )