lung function, gym, job and future blogs

Things are going great, I went to clinic last week and my lung function was 74% fev1 and 67% fvc and that has improved each day since iv been home, I dont know what it is in percentages at home as I only have a little hand held spiro. My docs were very happy with evereything and even smiled when i told them I hadn't waited to go to the gym like they said and had been 4 times by that point. Each time I go I seem to improve massivly I did 65minutes on the bike none stop, It was pretty impressive, but me, my family, friends and some of my medical team are doign a 180 miles bike ride from exeter hospital to Harefield hospital. which will be 60 miles a day so i really am concentration on the bike. I also did 10minutes ont he treadmill and 30mintues on weights. I can't wait till I can swim, then I hope to be able to do 30mintues on top of that. From now Im concentrating on upping the levels on the bike, rather than doing more time otherwise ill be there all day. Im also upping my reps and weights ont he weight machines. I will be poling very soon Im sure of it.

I went for a job interview the other day with whiz-kidz a charity that raises money for wheelchairs for children to suit there disabiltiy and needs, it also trains them so they get the full potential out of it and help them socialize. I have got the job and should start in the next month or so. My job is to sign people up to a monthly donation, it sounds quite good and im really looking forward to it. I am still looking out for various other work, especially in a physio therapy centre helping with rehab, I think that would be really rewarding. The good thing about this job is If I want to do other things or find full time a bit to much I can just cut down to part time. But I don't forsee I will have any problems.

I have a few things lined up for this blog over the next few months, such as guest bloggers, which will include other peoples perspectives of my transplant, thsi will hopefully prepare friends and family for there loved on having a transplant. Im also hoping to have a few different bloggers, but cant say at the moment as i havnt had chance to ask them, but I think they will be really intresting to read.

Also the next blog will be the letter I wrote to Stuart in the event of my death, He has read it and said its up to me if i want to put it on here and I think It gives a really good in site to my feelings and worrries at the time. Hopefully stuart will write a blog alongside this, on how he felt reading it and how our lives are now were the other side.