April 16, 2010

You Know When.......

You know you’re a lung transplant patient when:

You have pills, masks and antibacterial hand gel in your pocket or purse

Your signature looks like you used an Etch-A-Sketch to sign, because of drug induced tremors ..
<---I have 2 different signatures my tremor signature and my non-tremor signature lol.

You know your creatinine, lung function, white cell count, and prograf level intimately.

You talk to your health care providers like they are family!! Love you Kelly, Tauna, Barb (aka Dr Cahill)

Your cough-sniffle radar is on high alert in public places and you run away in hysterical paranoia when someone sneezes or coughs near you

Your diabetes is a piece of cake compared to everything else you’ve been through

Any day above ground is a good day <----True You honor and appreciate your donor family with all your heart (or lungs)

You freak out with any fever, wheeze, phlegm, shortness of breath, or pain in your lungs

You are terrified of children because of their germs

Your insurance company hates you.

You have an excuse to weasel out of the dirty housework and gardening.

You love the wrinkles you see on your face and welcome every birthday.

You keep your hospital in business. <---You better believe it!

You can drive to your hospital with your eyes closed <----Anytime lol.

2 comments:

Will's family said...

That's so funny, but sadly, it's true. Keep on doing all that.
Love you

Mysimplethoughts said...

sooo like your blog and the pic with you on the horse! I recently started taking lessons from my mother in law to be and wow, you look hard core!:)