Who would
have thought that it’s been nearly 18 months since my last blog? Why did I stop you ask? I’m not really quite sure. Life just seemed to be a blur with nothing
much going on and I just didn’t think anybody would really be interested in my
day-to-day ho-hum happenings. 2013 has
just flown on by and even though I did have a couple of huge events occur it
just never occurred to me blog them!
The most
exciting thing to happen was the birth of my beautiful little great nephew, the
first born of my niece Nicola and her partner David. He was born in July on the same day as his
Uncle Adam’s birthday, Nicola’s brother, which we all kind of hoped wouldn’t
happen but he now has a birthday twin!
They have named him Ryder Jeff, the Jeff being his grandfather’s name (David’s
dad). He is now 4 months old and it is
so hard to imagine life without him now.
His conception had caused quite a drama in the family as some of the
family thought she was too young to have a baby (she was 20 when he was
born!). They didn’t have anywhere to
live as they were still living at mum’s house part of the time and then at
David’s parents’ house the other times.
Still living even now at mum’s although they moved in with me and my
hubby at one stage with the baby as they weren’t getting on with mum. So yeah, it’s been a struggle for them as
they shift between homes and try to find a home of their own.
In March, my
daughter Libbee married her man Daniel.
Such a simple and beautiful wedding and the wedding she always
wanted. It was very low key and very low
budget which she is extremely proud of.
I bought the wedding dress for her online. It was a copy of an original designer dress
worth $2,500 to buy the original and it cost $350 online for an exact replica. We worried at the time at what we would end
up with as it was made in Hong Kong and the colours would be slightly different
but when we got it, it was the perfect fit (we worried our measurements might
be out!) and it was as beautiful as the real one she had tried on in the bridal
shop. So she got her dream dress for a
fraction of the original price and even after wearing it all day until 6am the
next day it still looks as good as it did when we got it! It got dry cleaned and now hangs proudly in
her closet.
In August
Libbee and Daniel had to move as their rental house was being sold so Libbee
has been living with us and Daniel is living with his mum on the Gold Coast as
that is where he is currently working.
Libbee lives with us as she is working near us. So, sadly, they only see each other once a
week while they struggle to save for their own place again. Not an ideal situation for a newly married
couple who have yet to take their honeymoon but for the moment it’s the best
they can do.
Health wise
things are finally looking up after 5 years of constant specialists, tests,
biopsies, blood tests etc. I still have
monthly blood tests to ascertain liver function and am on a cocktail of meds probably
for the rest of my life but things are finally starting to level out and the
drugs are finally working. My last specialist
visit a couple of weeks ago showed my liver function is getting better with
only 3 numbers showing in the red. One
of the numbers has gone way down and is well in the normal range now and the
numbers in red have halved so the new drug I am on is actually working. This
means now if the numbers stabilise with this drug I won’t need a liver
transplant and things aren’t quite as dire as originally thought. It also confirms that I have PBC which
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis. What this
means is my bile ducts are kaput which is what is causing my liver to
deteriorate. The bile ducts can never be
repaired so the life time drugs will keep on doing what the bile ducts should be
doing. And if we can manage that then
the liver will be sparred further damage.
Maybe one day down the track there will be something they can do but for
now I am happy to keep popping the pills as it sure beats the alternative. I don’t go back now until end of January so I
am hoping my next blood test will have positive results.
Anyway that
is my year in a nut shell. Here's hoping for a better 2014!
2 comments:
Glad things are on the up for you healthwise. It's been a big year. Here's to a quieter end. :)
Phew, it has been a busy year for you and your family.
I hope your daughter and her new hubby can move in together soon.
And Wowzers, your health issues ain't little! I hope the new medications keep your liver happy.
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