smoking with kidney failure

just to let you all no Andy had a heart scare earlier this year,,the doctor told him one of his heart chambers was not pumping enough blood round his heart,,so he put him on some Betta blockers and told him he must stop smoking,,,so with a little help from patches Andy has given up smoking ,wish i had the will power to stop ,,,tried the patches before but they didn't work on me,,,maybe its going to take something serious to happen with my health to make me stop, mind you it has made a big difference to him because his stopped coughing and doesn't snore any more ,,,he does still get out of breath and a back ache when his walking but that's something he has to put up with ,,his also had some trainers made for his feet so it will help his ulcers a bit when walking which is good ,his still having problems with his sight and cant go out alone in the dark ,,or in places that are not well lit,,,, well its nearly the schools 6 week holidays ,,daughter Lauren has left school and is going to college to study child care ,,,and jack goes up to year 8,his of to his dads for the 6 weeks he loves going there cos he gets spoilt ,,,and i love him going there cos we get some peace,,lol,well that's my post for today ,,ttfn xxx

holiday in sunny skeg

well its been a long time since i done a update .nothing has really changed with Andrew's health,,his still on dialysis three times a week ,,but recently we had a week in skegness in a caravan at winthorpe ,,,first day we got there Andy was feeling sick ,, we dropped him of at the dialysis centre thinking it was just the traveling,,,but Andy was sick while his was being dialised ,,when he finished a two hour on dialysis,, his blood pressure dropped ,,,it took about three hours for him to recover and he felt well enough to go out ,so we went to the market at fantasy island ,,,when we got back to the caravan after about 3 hours Andy was shivering but felt really hot ,,then he was sick,,followed by a cold sweat,,,i thought here we go again ,,,so we went to the local hospital in skegness and found that Andy had infection in both feet the doctor gave him antibiotics and sent us on,,,good start to the holiday,,Andy was ok after a day of rest , the weather got really hot so that was a bonus and we had a good five days there,,we are hoping to have dialysis at home by september,, i start my training in three weeks at the hospital to put andy on a dailysis machine which could take up to eight weeks but i have done it before so it wont take that long,, in the mean time we are waiting for the work to start in the garden so Andy can have a porta cabin there for dialysis because we have not the space for it all in the house. the hospital got the funding so its all systems go when they get permission from the council to shut the road of to deliver the cabin ,,,it has to be lifted over the top or the house by crane so that's why the road has to be shut of for safety reasons,, i just hope that i can cope with it all, because i no Andy is not the easiest of patients to deal with , any way will keep you updated to all who reads our blog,,,ttfn.xxx

Hello again ,hope you are enjoying my posts ,Andy not any better with his cough but the doctor has seen him again and said its not on his chest ,but he is still waking me up in the night coughing ,he has taken to the sofa a couple of times ,but i can still hear him ,he needs to stop smoking , so do i ,lol,he has gone to the hospital today for calorie counting, because his blood sugars have not been good lately ,i don't think they are when you are not well anyway ,the weather is turning colder and might be having a covering of snow at the weekend,love the snow but not the cold ,I'm going to start my Christmas shopping tomorrow with my mother in law at doncaster ,hope its not to busy, ttfn ,xx, ps would someone who reads this try and leave me a comment so i no its working, thanks ,

headaches,

hello friends ,Andy is still coughing bad and is on his second lot of antibiotics ,its been a bit upsetting, im tired the next day ,and i have been suffering with a lot of headaches lately ,but we will get over it ,we don't think we will be having Christmas down south this year because they have no spaces at the renal unit in Brighton ,so were having it at home with mum and dad children and grandchildren which will be nice ,love the kids around at Christmas, Andy is waiting to hear if his going on the transplant list ,his had lots of test lately but just waiting to hear so fingers crossed ,,last week i helped out at a center me and then i helped make some decorations for the school ,which i really enjoyed doing so i decided to join the tenants association which i will start next month, its only a couple of hours a week so it gets me out and gives me something to do and i like to help people anyway ,my friend Rachel joined and she has panic attacks and is really doing well in her situation because it giving her something to do ,i had my grandson kye today and it was lovely he was really funny ,he is talking really well for a two year old three in June ,he loved it here he didn't wont to go home ,bless ,anyway be back soon, ttfn xx the pic is of kye and leo ,how cute ,xx

cold weather means bad chest,

hello sorry not wrote for sometime ,well Andy has been very well for some time now ,but this week he has a cold which has gone on to his chest his been to his gp today and got some antibiotics, so hopefully will help him,i have been down south to my sister which was great had a good night out ,also saw sister and brother in law who are doing well ,Christmas is looming and like every year its panic time ,but not panicking just yet ,i recently have been in contact with my mum which is nice cos we haven't spoken for years and was nice to see her coping after her loosing my dad this year,i think she misses him and puts on a brave face ,but shes keeping busy . Andy cant wait for the new renal unit in basset law to open it will make life easier for him ,we recently been told it is going to be open earlier than they thought which is good news,we are hoping to go down south for Christmas this year if Andy can get dialysis in Brighton ,for him to have dialysis there some one has to going away as well,so it might not happen yet ,,but fingers crossed,that's it for now, the pic is off Andrew and me at my sister Joanna's 40 birthday party, ttfn xx

just thought id put this pic on of me kye x Leo,x

A new addition ,

At last our new grandson son is here after making a late appearance,,,,he was born on the 31 august at 11.50 ,he weighed 7lb 13 ,and Kelly and mark has named him Leo ,was supposed to be a Leo because he was due on the 21 of august ,i was at the birth along with Kelly's partner mark and marks mum Lyn ,it was so amazing to watch a baby being born ,i was there when she gave birth to kye but i thought that was really heart braking because Kelly had a really bad time ,,but this time she done brilliant,i cried with joy and so did Lyn and mark,talk about proud daddy,Kelly did say she wouldn't have anymore but i think she will,shes a good mum and hope she will cope with two little ones,kye is really good with Leo he keeps going over to the mosses basket and just looking at him ,,,and he held Leo's hand when mark was changing his Nappie,,,how cute,,the picture is baby Leo,1 day old,anyway Andy is doing great his foot is looking a lot better and he is feeling good,the doctor has put him on blood pressure tablets and iron tablets which should make him feel even better,im ok just missing my family down south,jack and Lauren is back at school this week ,jack is starting secondary school so he is looking forward to that and Lauren is on her last year which means lots off hard work which she is not looking forward to,any way im going so ttfn,xx