Monthly visit to Brisbane Consultants

That month goes so fast. I have just returned from Brisbane on Wednesday. All my blood and urine tests are done a week before we go down. They were all good. Well good for me anyway nothing drastic. No change in the prednisone dose. Still 3mg. Renal results, back up to 65% function, two weeks before had dropped to 40%. Seems that I need to drink more water as dehydrating can affect the results apparently. I now have to do these tests every two weeks and have the results sent to Brisbane.

The only problem at the moment is my weight loss. I have been eating anything and everything but I lost another 1.5 kg. I now weigh 59kg. Last month I lost 6.5kg I am 178cm tall. I really need to buy some new clothes and they are all to big. Even taking prednisone this is happening. My main consultant that manages me is making a booking for me to have a camera down my throat just to check and see if anything is happening. He said they will probably find nothing but they have to check it. I am the unknown. Maybe I am meant to be this skinny. Some of my friends are calling me rag. I just hang there.

Other than that it was a good result. They are also talking about after the next one then maybe only seeing them every two months. I hope so. I know I am costing my family heaps and all the time I have off work must be hard on my boss. I am not exactly what you can call reliable. So next visit to Brisbane is depending on a letter about that camera test when it can be done and they will book consultant appointments for the same time.

In the meantime I have been enjoying the warmer weather and swimming at the beach. I haven't been swimming for so long. A sh## bag hanging off you guts isn't the best. I am so glad that it is gone. I had a dream the other night that it was still there. Actually it was a nightmare.

Well I am off to bed. There is a whole new day tomorrow and i have some plans to enjoy it.

Camera and wallet back

I feel great. I have been working hard and getting out a fair bit. Weekends go so fast but I fit as much in as I can. Stangely I got my video camera and wallet back. Not together. The wallet was left in the mailbox. License and cashcard there but the cash gone. At least I got something. But I don't know who really took it. I think I know but I can't prove it.

Video camera was left on our driveway. Tape gone and memory battery gone. But we got a new one and charged it up and it works. So new tape in and even though it is scratched at least it works.I know who took it, but they denied it. Then they said they did take it but bought it back a few days after. But it didn't show up here until three weeks later. Strange.