Long time no see: What happened in Canada (not exactly what I'd planned)

[rosybug]

I can't stay online long - I have internet problems and my neighbours have very kindly let me use their system while I'm on extended sick leave, so here goes. (Sorry if this seems brusque, but my energy levels are really the lowest they've been since transplant and I just can't be more perky right now

Comments

[trillingstar]

Haven't you been all kinds of adventurous! Hah. I wondered where you'd gotten to lately, and now I know... wow. I'm so glad that you're safe at home now, and getting better. *hugs*

[rosybug]

Thanks! It was quite an adventure. As someone I worked with ten years ago said, when I bumped into her and told her, "The strangest things do seem to happen to you!" I'm much better now.

[ozsaur]

I'm so sorry you fell sick, but thank goodness you were able to get excellent care. :::HUGS:::

Keep getting better!

[rosybug]

Much better now and thanks for the good wishes and hugs!

[pride_of_erin]

OMG! You poor thing! But thank god you were in Canada and not the US. And thank god you're on the road to recovery. {{{hugs}}}

[rosybug]

Thanks! Yes, Canada really does have good health care, although as a non-Canadian I have to pay for it, or rather, my health insurance does. And luckily it will.

[lalioz]

I was wondering where you are!!! I'm so glad everything is OK now. But WOW what an ordeal. You could make a House M.D epi out of that!
But no seriously, I'm glad everything is fine now. Rest and get better!!::::hugs:::

[rosybug]

Thanks! But House would have taken a whole episode to identify the problem after sticking me in the MRI and diagnosing lupus! In Canada they only took two days to diagnose chicken pox because they had to test for a whole lot of other viruses, including (I regret) syphilis and rare African ones (I come from Africa). Boy were they scared when I told them where I come from! ;)

[aswanargent]

I'll just echo what everyone else said! Wondered what had happened to you, but certainly didn't expect it to be something like that!

When I was growing up, if a child came down with a communicable disease, all the parents in the neighbourhood made sure that there own kids were exposed so they'd get the illness out of the way. Of course, this was back when polio was the only thing you were innoculated against; measles, mumps, chicken pox, etc. were just things kids got.

Take care of yourself, and know that we're all thinking about you! *hugs*

[rosybug]

Thanks!

The odd thing is that my brother and my friends all got the usual childhood diseases when we were growing up and, although I was around them all the time when they were infectious, I never got anything other than measles. I have a funny immune system. The disease that destroyed my kidneys was probably autoimmune and some other minor issues I've had are definitely autoimmune. Maybe my antirejection meds actually help by calming my immune system down a bit!

Thanks for the card!