First Knitting Projects

Last Friday I had outpatients, it went OK. My lung function was fev1 40% fvc 51% and my weight was 56.8kg. The dietitian gave me some long speech about how putting weight on was good and all studies show people with CF who have better weights do better overall, she said the ideal bmi for a female with CF is 22, mine is just over 20, I can't imagine it being 22! I told her I had no plans to loose any weight and wouldn't know how to anyway so she can relax!

I told the Doctor about my aching and bladder problems, he did a few things with my legs and basically has no idea what could be causing these things. My last glucose tolerance test a few months ago was fine so he doesn't think its diabetes. I did a urine sample and I am due my annual bloods so they are doing those next time. Annual bloods is where they take loads of blood and test them for almost everything or so it seems! You need to fast beforehand though so they couldn't be done that day. I had my port flushed and they did take some bloods to test my CRP (measurement of infection) and glucose (sugar levels) to check everything is OK, my port bled back! Yeay! I have also been referred for another bone scan as since my last scan showed some deterioration, they wanted another test done in 6 months.

At the weekend Pete went to Germany for a stag do so I was on my own! I tried to make plans so I wouldn't be alone and bored and so on the Saturday night I went out with one of my friends. We had a really good night but the next day I felt so tired I had to cancel going to the cinema with another friend. I did manage to go to a barbecue at my mums but when I got home and had to rush around to do my physio and get ready for the cinema, I couldn't face it!

I've felt quite crappy all week to be honest, I feel tired and more mucusy than normal. Whenever I go on nights out it always dries up my chest so everything is difficult to shift and makes me tired, people don't believe me and say its just a hangover, but I don't think hangovers last a week! I'm not really sure at the moment if I have something developing or have caught something or if its just repercussions from Saturday or just the weather!! So I'll have to just wait and see.

I missed Pete so much! I'm never letting him go away again haha! He brought me back a fridge magnet and a little yellow soft top mini just like the one we used to have! I miss that car so much!!

On Wednesday we went over to see Freya and I can finally reveal my first knitting projects! I'm glad to see the back of that blanket, things were hectic on Monday as it still wasn't finished and then when I washed it, loads of the stitching needed fixing and I just wanted to chuck the damn thing out of the window! But it looked good in the end and I hope Freya likes it! I also did a cardigan, see pictures below. Freya is lovely and her mum is doing well and looking far too good to say she had a baby a week ago!