The Recovery Bucket List

In June 2012, I spent 2 weeks in hospital with a relatively unusual kidney condition called Minimal Change Disease (a form of Nephrotic Syndrome). It wasn't pleasant to say the least, I had retained 18kg of excess fluid in my body, had very little energy and no interest in food. I spent much of my time in hospital lying in bed doing very little, just being a bloated blob of excess fluid.

One night at about midnight, I was feeling a bit down. I was restless from the steroids I was on to fix my kidneys, there was a crazy lady yelling and screaming on the ward, and I was feeling really homesick - I'd been transferred from my local hospital in country Victoria to one of the largest in Melbourne for more specialist care I just couldn't get at home. Sleep wasn't an option despite my lethargy, and it was wearing me down mentally.

Knowing that I would eventually go into remission and be able to go back to my normal life, I made a list right there and then. A Bucket List, of all the things I would do when I'm well again and back to my "normal self". Somehow I managed to keep my optimism up for about 99% of the time I was sick, and kept looking to the future and thinking of more things I could do.

This blog is my journal of completing my Recovery Bucket List.

Sunday, 8 July 2012

Blood Donation Update

Wow, my blog has had such a fantastic response from my Facebook friends, with plenty of promises of breakfasts, coffees, exotic restaurant suggestions, mocktails and photo ops!! Thank you all very muchly XD

But most importantly, a huuuuuuuuuge, hard-to-put-into-words-other-than-to-say THANK YOU to:

*Steph*
&
*Sue*

For deciding to donate blood, after reading about my quest!!!

Your input is so, so, so appreciated by yours truly :D :D

Just got 10 more to go, so if you want my eternal gratitude, go to www.donateblood.com.au and find out how you can book in... even if you share the Red Cross's site or my blog through Facebook/Twitter etc, and get a friend to donate, that'll be awesome in itself (just let me know if someone does donate as a result so I can add to my tally!)

A huge thanks again to Sue and Steph :) <3

- Kait

PS: can now also add *Emily* to my list, thanks Em! The above gratitude also applies to you now too :) 3 Favourite People down, 9 to go!!

Everyone, don't forget to book in at www.donateblood.com.au and let me know how you go, even send a pic for the blog! :D :D :D

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