Long time no blog. I’ve been busy and tired, all in a generally good way. On Thursday I saw my doctor for my follow-up appointment and he cleared me of wearing the mask and I’m free to eat what I want now. The only restriction is no raw shell fish for the rest of my life, so no more raw oysters. I don’t often indulge in those so I think I’ll be okay. Sushi is fine as long as there is no shellfish involved. Although he was quick to clear me of everything, I haven’t gone anywhere in public yet except for the hospital. I still plan to stick close to home for at least another week or so. I go back in again this Thursday and will, as always, be curious to see where my counts are. Last Thursday my platelets had come up to 38,000 which was a higher jump than expected. I’m hoping that this Thursday they will be working there way up over 50,000 and towards the normal range.

The first week at home was good but exhausting. I had planned to spend my days resting and catching up on things but on Wednesday I had to pick my 2-year up early from school because he was running a fever. He ended up having a double ear infection and had to stay home the rest of the week. Between taking care of him and two 8 am appointments Thursday and Friday at the hospital, it was hardly relaxing. By last night I felt like I was sleep walking through dinner. Next week everyone will go back to school and I hope to get some rest in.

Everything else is going well. My anxiety is letting up a little bit. I have had a mild pain that comes and goes in my ride side but the doctor didn’t seem concerned about it because all tests looked good. Just to be sure he sent me for another CT scan on Friday but I haven’t heard back on those results yet. Knowing that he wasn’t overly worried about it, I haven’t been worrying about it either. My first thought was, of course, my liver again but I am happy to report that my temperatures have been perfectly normal since coming home and there are no other signs of infection. As several people have told me, the unfortunate result of this experience is that every little ache and pain or sign of fatigue will probably trigger some fear of something awful and it is something I will just have to get over. I can’t live in fear of my health and I truly believe that a healthy mind leads to a healthy body. So with that, I am focusing on my living my life right now and that’s it!