For those of you who are interested or who are praying and keeping a track of my progress through the blog I thought I’d give you a short update on how I’m feeling. This is a number one question we are asked when we see people: “How are you doing now, Liz?” It’s lovely to be so cared for! Thank you.
Last week we went back to the centre for tropical diseases in Oxford and they had the test results that we had been waiting for. Everything was clear. They wanted to do another test for Bilharzia (seems to be standard procedure to do a few) and check a few other things but there doesn’t seem to be a major infection of any kind. The doctor advised me to start exercising gently and regularly to build up my strength and to see how I do.
I fed all this back to our GP and she was pleased with my progress. She suggested I come off the tablets for my stomach (acid reflux). I had been phasing these out anyway and had not suffered any ill effects. So I have stopped these completely (lovely to be medication-free for the first time in a long while!) and have not had any increase in nausea or any vomiting so far. This is good news.
I feel as if things are slowly getting a bit more back to normal. My appetite is mostly good. I still have days when I get very tired and don’t feel like eating a lot but I know how to manage this now and I am soon feeling ok again. My strength is building up but I’m probably still at only about 80% most of the time. I’m so much better than a few months ago though so I rejoice in that and we continue to pray for full recovery.
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