A Brand New Me! (Hepatitis C / Liver Transplant (Hep C) HCV Blog)

A Brand New Me!

Hi everybody, this is the first time I’ve stuck my head above the parapet since I GOT A BRAND SPANKING NEW LIVER!!! The doctors say I'm doing amazingly well and everything’s fine.


Sorry to keep you all hanging on, I came home late on Thursday but I've pretty much just slept since then. It seemed to really take it out of me, trying to adjust to being home but then I suppose in the grand scheme of things that’s OK.

I was in hospital for almost exactly 2 weeks and would have been out sooner had I not got an infection in my right lung!

I’m coming too now though but I do get very tired so I’ll write you when I can. I may even post some video diary stuff when I’m up to it.

I'm very sore and my tummy looks like I was patched up after the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (with about 150 or so stitches and staples in my guts) but in terms of my head, I feel absolutely fantastic. Such clarity - I felt like my brain was shackled with a ball and chain before the op but now I feel like running a marathon..

Though I wouldn’t recommend you try this at home kids, I will say that it was probably the most life enriching experiences I’ve ever had. Its right up there with watching your children being born or having some kind of epiphany moment - maybe more so...

Anyway, I thought I better just drop you all a line to let you know I'm doing bloody marvelous, Mandy says sorry for not doing emails and stuff but I think she's just about knackered by now, it was a 3 hour round trip just to come and visit me every day, on top of everything else, like the kids!!! Our families have been absolutely fabulous though and really helped out; so it’s a great big ‘Thank-You’ to all of them.

And whilst we’re on the subject of thank-you's, thanks to all who have emailed to pass on best wishes and their kind thoughts over the last 2 weeks, it’s really appreciated and nice to come home to, it may take me a little time to get back to you all though but I’ll get there.

OK, I'll get off now and sleep some more (I do keep going for walks and stuff in-between) but keep an eye out for me over the next couple of weeks and I’ll tell you all about how it was for me.

Keep well everyone.... Ian