Monday

I was up early today - had to be at plasma for 8.30 so that they could fit another patient in after me. Had a bad headache after dialysis last night - not sure if I am to dry or perhaps linked to hb. Woke up and it had gone.

Had about 9 tubes of blood done for the cross matching (it's that time of week.) Apart from that Plasma went fine - at the end during rinse back I tasted the citrate and also felt flushed interestingly my temp want from 36.5 to 37.1 over half an hour. I am sure I had a minor reaction.

Had an email from the Doc explaining his latest thinking and how they are trying to prove things. It will be interesting what the results show today.

The fundraising is going well. We have reached over a £1000 that is brilliant- a massive thank you to everyone who has donated, told people about the idea or both. The idea also seems to be working in which friends of friends are spreading the word. This is so good - it makes me excited.

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The popularity of this blog has grown rapidly over the past week which makes it feel more worthwhile recording my thoughts and experiences.

Will post more later. If you any questions or comments please leave them below.

Just got back from dialysis

Hi, Dialysis went ok tonight. My arm was burning toward the end, using a new needle site for the fistula and this was causing a bit of discomfort. I have plasma tomorrow in the morning and then am going back to Devon to stay with my parents until the next dialysis on Sunday.

I am looking forward to different scenery. For the past 7 weeks I have basically either been in my flat or at hospital avoiding human contact - it will all be worth it.

I am so thankful to everyone who has donated and is spreading the message about raising a million. The key is in the numbers - if we can all work together and tell people about the idea and the charity and that we are asking for

£2 plus telling 10 people about our fund raising effort that would be brilliant. When we get to a million I would like everyone who donated or told a friend to feel that they were a key part in raising a million.

A million thanks.



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