We started this week with an early morning trip to the Liver Transplant Unit, for my husband to have a check up after having hernia surgery. Post Transplant clinic is very familiar to us….we have been going for over two years…however, today was the most chaotic clinic we have ever been to! We like to […]
Now as hopefully all the excitement has subsided, I would like to say thank you….a very big thank you to all who have sent messages, posted comments etc wishing my husband all the best during his surgical adventure this week! A hernia operation is usually pretty routine, with many people able to have it done […]
My husband has found this hospital stay a totally different experience from when he had his liver transplant. He has been well looked after….including by a nurse who actually looked after him pre-transplant…and was in a quiet ward with good roomies, but as of yesterday lunchtime, he just wanted to get out of there. The […]
After leaving my husband looking pale and nauseous yesterday, I was very glad to find him looking much more alive and well this morning. Turns out the anti nausea meds actually made him feel worse so he did have a pretty rough night….thankfully that seems to have all passed, and he was able eat some […]
So today was “fix the hernia” day….and what a hell of a day it has been! Yesterday, they told us to be at the Day Surgery Centre at 9.30am. We got there about 9.20am and got asked “where were you, we needed you at 9am!” Safe to say that wasn’t the best start…. However, unlike […]
This week is potentially full of hospital visits….appointments and surgery for my husband, and various appointments for me! In fact, October has shaped up to have more than our usual share of seeing the inside of various hospitals! Today was all about preparations for my husband’s hernia operation, which is currently scheduled for tomorrow. If […]
This day a year ago, we left home early and had to drive very carefully through debris caused by a big windstorm overnight as we headed to our local hospital. After receiving a diagnosis of thyroid cancer just over a week before, I was now booked in to have thyroid surgery….the whole lot was coming […]
As regular readers of Zinc Moon will know, my husband had a liver transplant in June 2012….almost two years ago! He was lucky…he got a donor liver in time, and had an almost trouble free recovery that has meant he has been able to enjoy this second chance of life! So, when we heard about […]