Up The Farway Tree

The art of shopping....again

I thought I would blog today as I am going away tomorrow for the wedding and then on Monday I am travelling down to Newcastle as I have an outpatient appointment on Tuesday morning. I am hoping for a good report and fingers crossed they find no reason to keep me this time. The only thing worrying me is the fact my chest sounded a bit rattly yesterday, and this was one of the only signs I had during the last period of rejection. I am however otherwise feeling well and have no temperature or other worrying signs, so hopefully it's nothing to be concerned about. It is really hard not to over analyse these things though and it can't help but play on my mind. I would be really upset to have another episode of rejection so soon after the first but I will just have to wait and see how I am over the coming days and what my lung function and x-ray are like on Tuesday. I will be due another bronchoscopy in about a month so I'm sure if they are at all concerned they would do that earlier.

Otherwise all is well and I am really looking forward to my friends wedding this weekend. We are staying at the hotel for both the Friday and Saturday as there is a BBQ on the Friday night and then the wedding on the Saturday. The hotel is in beautiful surroundings so hopefully we will get some nice weather! Seb is going to his Granny's for the weekend so he will probably be worried I am leaving him again. He is like my shadow at the moment, following me around the house and trying to get as many walks out of me as possible. He has perfected 'the stare' which he uses when he wants either a walk or a biscuit. It's quite intense - I must try and get a photo of him doing it :-)

I have to confess to some more shopping - but in my defence it was the Debenhams half price sale so it would have been foolish not to go ;-) I got a lovely dress for the wedding which I was really pleased about as I normally have great difficulty getting dresses - mostly because I am between sizes and also because anything that zipped up the back made me feel like I couldn't breathe. Of course I had to get matching shoes but they were my bargain of the week - £35 reduced to £13.50!! I do like a bargain :-) Another couple of tops might have found their way into my basket but I did make sure I got a bigger size so I have room to expand. We were there for hours and when I got home it's the first time I have felt really tired since I got home - shopping should be a sport.

After all that shopping my legs were really achey and I have now developed a new problem - numbness and pins and needles round my ankle. It's the same side as I had the foot pain on so I guess it is probably related. Unfortunately walking makes it worse but I really want to keep up with the walking to improve my fitness. Any advice or ideas from my medic friends is very welcome - please leave a comment!

I probably wont post until I come back from Newcastle, unless I have time on Monday. I will update with the outcome of my clinic appointment once I am home - fingers crossed its all good news.