Up The Farway Tree

Dog walking and Rug buying...

Did someone say 'walk' ?!

I am still feeling ok, and am due my port flush next week, which means I have been off IV's for nearly a month :-) We have had some brighter weather recently, which has spurred me on to take Seb out for a little walk on a few occasions. I can only manage about 10 minutes, and its hard going, but I feel at least I am getting some exercise and Seb is certainly enjoying himself. Before this, I probably last took him out in October, so you can imagine the surprised look on his face when I shouted 'walkies'. He looked confused for a second, then literally threw himself at me in a most exuberant manner. As we went out the door he kept looking back over his shoulder to make sure I really was coming with him.... at least I felt my efforts were being appreciated. I should really use my oxygen to exercise as my oxygen saturations tend to fall when I am walking, but the cylinders are really too heavy to carry so it simply negates any benefit. However I will hopefully be getting to trial liquid oxygen in the near future, which is much lighter and more compact to carry. Maybe this will even help me walk a little further, which would be good news all round.

I am still amusing myself with a little studying and was pleased to have passed by 2nd assignment. I have already completed the third one and after that there is only one more to do. The course hasn't taken as long as I thought it would, but it has been a good introduction to studying and getting my brain more active again. Hopefully I will manage to keep up the efforts once the novelty has worn off!

I am also keeping busy by helping out my friend Emily with a project she is doing. We are looking at the issue of CF and relationships and are hoping to produce a booklet on the topic, as there is a distinct lack of literature in this area. Emily has been working hard getting lots of input from people with CF and their partners, and we are now starting to collate this. The idea is to put together peoples experiences on various topics, so that essentially the booklet will be a collaborative effort by people with CF, for people with CF. That's the idea anyway, although I'm sure things will evolve as we start to put it all together.

Other than that, life has been pretty quiet. Andrew has been busy painting the windows in the living room and replacing skirting boards, while I have contributed by doing some online rug shopping. I'm just waiting for it to arrive now, and hoping it looks remotely like it did in the picture....