Up The Farway Tree

2nd Transplant Anniversary

I am glad to be back home and am starting to recover from the jet lag now.  Yesterday I was a complete zombie and spent most of the day in a haze of confusion.  I somehow managed to order Tesco online and was relieved when it arrived today and I had in fact ordered some sensible items ;-)   Andrews case had gone missing but it turned up yesterday so I had a joyful amount of washing to do after that.  We have also been on the phone to Air France again but not much further forward really.   Apparently under EU law the airlines need to provide help with accommodation and food but Air France are refusing to do this - they are quoting a get out clause based on expectional circumstances, however this only applies to compensations claims and not to basic help with food and shelter.  They are not helping over the phone so I have completed an online form to customer services but am unlikely to get a response.  We do however also need a letter about the delay in order to try and claim travel insurance for 'travel delay' so I will need to keep chasing this up.  My policy will only pay out a maximum of £100 but it would be better than nothing.  I have also been organising all my medical receipts but noticed that there is an excess of £100 on medical claims so I am one step forward and two steps back!   It is a tiresome process but I think we need to make an attempt to recoup some of our losses.  The word is that NHS are making staff take the time off as annual leave or unpaid leave - that would wipe out my annual leave until August, so probably better taking unpaid leave or asking if I can make time up.  I will find out more when I go back on Monday!

Seb is happy to see us home, although is not too keen to admit it ;-)  When we picked him up from Nan and Bob's he looked a bit confused at first but once I picked him up he did snuggle on my knee - although refused point blank to make any eye contact!  Once back home he was straight outside to bark his head off and tell everyone he was back in town.   He has been keeping a close eye on me since!


Tomorrow (25th) is the 2nd anniversary of my transplant - so hard to believe that two years have passed already.   So much has happened that it becomes easy to lose sight of quite how far I have come.  Health wise my lungs seem to go from strength to strength and have allowed me to experience and achieve more than I could have ever hoped for.  I have been back in work for over a year and now hold much more responsibility than I did pre transplant but feel able to take on this challenge.  I am also enjoying working at the university and am thankful I have the energy to fit this in.  I enjoyed lots of holidays last year and two years ago the idea of jetting off to Florida was a mere dream - I can hardly believe it came true! 

As always please take a moment to remember my donor at this time.  My lovely azalea is ready to bloom and somehow managed to survive the unusually harsh winter.  I am always grateful for her generosity and hope she is proud of all I have achieved since the transplant.  I have no idea what my 3rd year will hold but I am sure there will be even more opportunities, experiences and fun times ahead and I will continue to strive to make the very best of this new life :-)