It's been great this Transplant Week to see so many people promoting the cause. On facebook loads of people have been changing their profile pictures to show the poster and logo which is great. I've been sending some links around and doing my bit too. Though I would always like to do more. It's just difficult to know where to start and the issue of Transplant is a very grey area. Of course some religions are aposed to it and lots of people are aposed for completely personal reasons (the thought of 'not dying whole' or 'without ones eyes' being seen as the soul by many). It therefore can be difficult to find a line between gently encouraging people to consider signing the register and seeming pushy by relentlessly tweeting and facebooking about it. It's such a personal choice and evokes a lot of emotion - tricky stuff.
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| What's been being posted in aid of Transplant week :) |
I was really excited to see my friend Tor Tremlett appaearing on Lorraine Kelly's breakfast show this morning. She was dead nervous but she did so well. You would never have been able to tell how scared she was. She was looking so well, great to see the change from where she was last year. In fact if it weren't for Tor's generous donor I would most likely never have been able to speak to her as we only got to speaking post transplant. Well done Tor, great work - keep it up :)
As for me, it's all been pretty good going for a couple of weeks. I've been a busy bee as myself and my partner are in the midst of setting up a business at the moment. This is something I would never have been brave enough to do on my own. It's all very exciting and the website will be coming soon so I will direct my readers to it for a cheeky butchers when its launched :P. We plan to sell products for cake decoration so we have been onto to stockists and all sorts. So much to sort out. We are slowly but surely getting there though.
On a spooky note, I was at a wedding the other day.. and who was I sat next to at dinner?? A 'psychic medium'. Usually I'm sceptical to say the least and not sure whether to believe it or think it's all a load of rubbish, preying on people who are in a vulnerable emotional state etc. But... I may have been convinced!! She introduced herself and we were just chatting casually. I felt like I'd known this woman my whole life, like she was my best friend. Something I can't describe. She turned to me (whilst I had a mouthful of chicken roulade :S) and just said something that really freaked me out. She told me 'not to worry' that I would 'have another couple of really rough years but then things would seem a lot different'. And that she had 'seen my first born so I could stop worrying about whether my health would stop me having kids'. How did this woman know this!?!? She didn't know I had health problems or that I had these worries, she'd never met me before. And I had never told anyone that before. Weird. There was loads of stuff she said and I literally open mouthed, jaw on the floor shocked at how accurate this woman was. It made me feel all warm inside, like there is hope after all. I know loads of people would think I was nuts for believing it but if you knew some of the other stuff this lady told me you would also be stunned. Fingers x'd she's right.. 2 more years to go... then its all plain sailing.
