There was one rather nice thing recently - I was told the results of my blood test early in July. The result was VERY good - my cholesterol has gone down from 6.8 in March, to 4.7 which is on the right side of 5! Now, considering that I have given up just a few things and taken only a little bit more care with what I cook and eat, I think that's a remarkable result. I have to thank my other half for that, really, as she is the one who knows how much saturated fat there is in everything.
I've not taken any more of that Atorvastatin stuff (which caused me sleeplessness) and so I feel quite justified in that decision.
Meanwhile, the HTA interview is now fixed for September. That was more difficult than it sounds, as the interviewer only gave the hospital one date and time rather than a choice, which is normal. Since I have to travel from the wilds of Oxfordshire to a London suburb, a 9.00am start was not really on and, in any case, I had asked for a time of 12.00 or later to allow for me to travel by train at the cheaper rate (and I'm paying!!). So the transplant nurse requested some alternatives for me and the reply was 11.00am on the same day! So we went round the houses again, and at last had a choice of three dates and times.
I'm now expecting the letter with all the details of that; I think I have to demonstrate something about my close ties with my brother, like a family photo album. Now given that I have lots of brothers and there are four who are closer to me in age than Tim (who is seven years younger than me), it is hardly surprising that there are relatively few photos that show us together. I just hope that the interviewer is more understanding at the job than in arranging appointments. After all, if you were told to find the two related people in a crowd of a hundred, you would pick the two of us out without difficulty!
