Blog Update 25 February 2016

Blog Update 25 February 2016 

Update time : went down to Cairns Hospital a couple of days ago for respiratory follow up. As Usual Dr Brown was excellent is his analysis and explanation as to what was happening. We went through the ct scan of my lungs which showed a few little masses and lesions but he wasn’t necessarily concerned by it as I have greater problems to worry about lol. The story with my lungs is the tissue and everything surrounding them are the problem with a rise in pulmonary pressures.

He believes that it will be my heart that will take me out (nothing new there) and has maintained the 24/7 365 oxygen script that I was sent home with last November. Unfortunately trying to have some sort of functioning life outside of home is difficult with oxygen bottles only lasting a few short hours. The ideal situation would be a small portable oxygen concentrator but as usual like most medical devices the costs are astronomical. The cheapies on Ebay are just too great a risk in case they just don’t work so a lot of the time I just go shopping in the wheelchair without oxygen and have a fun old time not breathing.

Don’t ever let anybody ever try to tell you breathing and sleeping is over rated lol.

Have to admit as strong as I know I am as a person there are times when I would just give anything to kick a footy, play a round of Golf or play a set of Tennis again. Sport has been my life for over forty years and it has been hard to not be involved in any way this past year. I really don’t think that I can live without it so I am trying to figure out a way to get involved. It’s a work in progress.

Next hospital fun will be rheumatology clinic on 9^th March. Yay lol.

My old football club “Hermit Park Football Club” in Townsville that I played most of my senior footy career for is coming up to Cairns to play our sister club North Cairns on Saturday 5^th March, so I am really looking forward to making the trek down the mountain from Atherton to see the new young generation play.

Chapter 6 of my book is in the process of being written so I will have that posted soon.