Hi Bridget, Thanks very much for the good wishes. Don't be concerned about my state of mind, I'm quite relaxed about all of this, basically because there isn't an alternative, so why worry? Also, I have the advantage, if you can call it that, of having already 'died' after an accident when I was younger. Some years of surgery and recovery followed, so in some respects I'm a old hand in hospital situations. However, I do like to have as much information as I can get, I hate surprises.
Before I get the transplant we have some tidying up to do. I have an ameloid tumour, or mass, on my spine that will probably need shrunk by radiotherapy, a crumbling vertebrae (rugby injuries…), and a couple of other bits and pieces. Still I'm better than I was some months ago when I was more like a depressed jelly, unable to get out of bed, with about 25 litres of oedema fluid swimming around my body. Happy days. Ray.
