On Wednesday this week (17 Aug 2011) I had my first ever appointment as an out-patient at Dr Ferguson’s liver clinic in Birmingham. I was referred here by my specialist in Oxford, the lovely Dr Chapman, as he – and his team – believed it was time for me to have a transplant. As transplants [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Meeting Dr Ferguson
Posted in Health, liver transplant, tagged Birmingham, Dr Ferguson, Health, hospital, primary sclerosing cholangitis, PSC, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, transplant, transplant assessent on August 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Birmingham and blood
Posted in Health, tagged bilirubin, Health, hospital, liver, PSC, transplant on August 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
On Wednesday this week I have my first appointment at the hospital in Birmingham. This is the hospital that will be looking after me in my ‘transplant’ capacity, all the way from the initial assessment to the transplant itself will be done there. I’m not sure what this appointment is on Wednesday. No one has [...]
Energy and those sodding spoons
Posted in Health, tagged Health, spoonie, spoons, symptoms, tiredness on August 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
So, a while ago, a who-I-expect-is-lovely lady called Christine came up with the Spoon Theory as a way of explaining her long term illness to her friend. She had chronic fatigue and used a finite number of spoons to explain the process of only being able to do so much. If you want to read [...]
