Left hospital in good spirits today

Had a routine appointment with my consultant Dr Smith at Leeds this morning, had bloods taken when i arrived (i bled a good 5 mins after as well) then i think i waited about half an hour as the appointments always run over in to the next persons appointment. My white count was 8, platelets 215 and hb was 13.8.  Dr Smith was pleased with my counts as they are steady and haven't increased or decreased too much since last time. I am not in clinic now until the 4th and 6th of October which will be after my nice relaxing holiday.

I informed Dr Smith that Mr and Mrs coldsore are back on my mouth as that is all i had to report this week lol. I asked if he could tell me my liver function result as i wanted to take it with me to my driving course tomorrow to see if it has improved since i stopped drinking. However, the reading for September is abnormal but last months is normal, so he is going to find out whether it is a new drug i am on that is causing the abnormal reading. I think it could be the antibiotics i was taking last week but it isn't anything major so not worried about it, there will be a perfectly logical explanation next time i see him i am sure.
I definately feel a bit more at ease after today as Dr Smith is really good at reassuring me and answering any questions,so it will be a shame that i wont be under his care anymore after the transplant, but i am sure the transplant team will do just as good a job. Just hope they can put up with me lol. I also got chatting with a couple of guys in the waiting room who have had a BMT and they are both doing really well and just have weekly appointments at the moment. I think that they had Acute Myeloid leukaemia and were around late 40's so i hope that i have a good response too especially with me being younger. I think that talking to other patients definately helps answer some of the little worries that you may have. I asked whether they stuck to everything in the transplant booklet and they said to only use it as a guide not to do everything single thing wor for word, so i don't need to worry about my clothes being washed at 60 degrees and then ironed and other little things like that.

I am just going to crash out on the sofa now as i suffer with fatigue and as i got up at 7 today (which is a rarity for me) my body is ready to sleep again now. I need to stay awake for embarassing bodies later on tonight though as it is a very addictive programme. Oh and up at 6AM tomorrow so not looking forward to that (nor is Tom) as i am a rite moody margaret on a morning!