Dan's liver transplant

Had my 6 monthly check with my doctor at Watford on Tuesday who told me they had found something unusual on the photos from my endoscopy! So I very nervous 48 hour wait until Thursday when they sent the camera down my throat again to double check. On the plus side more fentanyl!

The endoscopy showed that whatever the unusual thing that they saw has now gone and was nothing to worry about- probably caused by the nausea and vomiting I was having before they prescribed the anti sickness pill.

So that was all good in the end.

Friday was my third visit to Watford general in a week, this time for my two weekly drain.

And of course nothing ever goes smoothly. First the blood taken was rejected for testing for some reason. So they took it again resulting in being stabbed in both arms.

Then, when the drain was being inserted we had the registrar, a junior doctor and three students observing. Unfortunately the first attempt failed leaving me with a big old bruise and a hole in my right side. Eventually they managed to fit it on the left side. 12 litres again. Albumin once again took ages to prepare so I spent two hours being drained and four waiting for the infusion.

I’m bloody knackered!