good doctor visit yesterday

Yes, I had a good visit. My dr is a very upbeat person, and starts out the visit saying " you look beautiful as always and your doing so WELL!!! how is that for a boost?
One disappointment is I am being treated for a urinary infection for the third time in five or six weeks-like he said, it probably never went away but the good-great news is that yesterday was my last day on the immunsupprent drug cyclosporin. Over the last several months they took me gradually from 200-250 mg a day down to 25mg and that ended yesterday. He also said my immune system will grow quickly without the suppression and his hope is that will take care of a another recurrence of the urinary infection in fact, he said I would be my old self by August! I was so thrilled to hear that I didn't know if another year would have to be spent vulnerable to infection. Presumably, as this immunosupprant has decreased, the immune system has been growing, and I'm not starting from zero. One side effect of the drug is it raises blood pressure so I have had to be on b/p medication to keep it down. It was 128/82 at the office to I'll have to start taking my own b/p to monitor it. He said I could stop it -whenever.

We are getting hail in mid April.

I know I am finally getting more energy back. It's nothing to write home about but I rarely have the weird-to- my-core exhausted feeling,like can I make it to the bed. and then after sleeping two hours I'd feel exactly the same was when I woke up!
I sleep during the day two hours, yesterday it was three. I am so thankful that this is what I can focus on- doing what feels best for me. So many have obligations that would make focusing on yourself difficult and energy draining when there is none to spare.

I have greatly enjoyed reading Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth and following he and Oprah's podcast discussion of the book. The essesce of it is how to live in the present moment and what could be more theraputic for someone with a serious diagnosis but for all to better deal with difficulty that comes in our lives.

Love to all M