A very busy day

We got to Leeds quiet early as we had to get back to Manchester for 2'oclock. Talk about trains planes and automobiles.Our lovely friend Jen from Scarborough was waiting to greet us outside clinic. Poor thing has just had an operation quiet recently. Bill her husband has been called in to have some test and biopsy, his blood test have shown some abnormalties, hope he's okay such a wonderful couple who have been through two transplants and now more test.

It was very busy in clinic as alot of the team were down in Theatre as a Transplant was taking place. That brought back some memories. The Dr was pleased with Pauls last blood test and said they would probably decrease the Predisolone next week. Paul explained to the Dr that he has experienced numbness and shaking in both his hands and fingers. The Dr said it was one of the side affects of Prograf Tracolimus. It's an awful experience watching your loved one have these side affects, but like Paul says it's a small price to pay for a better quality of life.

We went to get Pauls bloods done, this happens every clinic visit, but the queue was horrendous, so we went to see lovely Bill in the Liver unit. It was lovely to see him, still his same jolly self. He was waiting to go down for his Biopsy, hope everything comes back good for Bill, hes been through enough, I notice that he had the dreadful itch all over his arms, I hope its not the PSC coming back. We said our goodbyes and told Jen to keep us informed.

Mad rush back to Manchester, we met a lovely guard called Preston, we got talking as Paul also does the same job.Paul said he was on sick because he had a liver Transplant. Preston was very intrigued by our Psc story then follwed by our Transplant story. What a nice bloke, I gave him our blog address so he could have a look.

Once we got to our local hospital in Manchester, we had quiet a walk to the Max team ( they deal with all dental work).We met the porter who had ferried Paul around when he had septicemia, he was so happy that paul had finally got his Transplant. He was fantastic to Paul ,when he was seriously ill back in June.

We finally arived at the max clinic and were seen by Dr Sweet, he was superb and caring. He said Paul looked fantastic for someone who was 6 weeks post transplant. He took down all of Pauls medication and said he was happy to extract his tooth. On the day of his appointent Paul will have to double up on his steriod tablets. This is to help the blood to clot.

Its been a very long day but it doesn't stop there for me, its time to start cooking pauls fav dish AGAIN chicken curry. Ever since he came home thats all he wants to eat, I don't mind at least its home made and its nutrious.