Day +30 check in (actually Day +28 but who's counting?)
Susan and I made the longish trip (2.5 hours each way) to Wake Forest today for my Day +30 check-up. All my numbers have headed in the right direction (at least all the ones we care about) and are now firmly somewhere in the "acceptable" range. I still don't have much stamina but it was nice to have my improvements confirmed. (It was also nice to get back the charger for my headphones which I had accidentally left in my room though my beloved striped knitted hat appears to be a goner. I only hope that whoever has it now wears it as much as they can and don't stuff it in a drawer and forget it.)
One shock for everyone is that the school I teach at doesn't have a 100% immunisation policy. So that means the folks at Wake Forest don't want me going back to work until at least April as a dose of measles would do me no good at all.
We have a couple more dates lined up on Days +60, +90 and +100, each of which is a step in the right direction assuming everything keeps going the way it should. I'm still not allowed all those yummie foods from which I have been banned - no rare steak, Asiana buffet (or Grove Park buffet for that matter), raw fish, undercooked tofu (yeah really upset about those two) - and still have to guzzle 64 ounces of water a day. I asked about Gatorade and was told it contains virtually nothing to make it worth drinking - probably need to guzzle a dozen to get enough electrolytes to matter.
Next step is a gum membership at the Y - not sure how that's going to work with me not allowed to use swimming pools and cringing at the prospect of touching anything unclean (does everyone at a gym go armed with Clorox wipes these days or is the equipment still a giant petri dish?) Still assuming we do eventually get some winter weather this winter, it should be more fun than using the treadmil downstairs.
One shock for everyone is that the school I teach at doesn't have a 100% immunisation policy. So that means the folks at Wake Forest don't want me going back to work until at least April as a dose of measles would do me no good at all.
We have a couple more dates lined up on Days +60, +90 and +100, each of which is a step in the right direction assuming everything keeps going the way it should. I'm still not allowed all those yummie foods from which I have been banned - no rare steak, Asiana buffet (or Grove Park buffet for that matter), raw fish, undercooked tofu (yeah really upset about those two) - and still have to guzzle 64 ounces of water a day. I asked about Gatorade and was told it contains virtually nothing to make it worth drinking - probably need to guzzle a dozen to get enough electrolytes to matter.
Next step is a gum membership at the Y - not sure how that's going to work with me not allowed to use swimming pools and cringing at the prospect of touching anything unclean (does everyone at a gym go armed with Clorox wipes these days or is the equipment still a giant petri dish?) Still assuming we do eventually get some winter weather this winter, it should be more fun than using the treadmil downstairs.
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