Charlotte's Heart Transplant

19.06.2018 Before you leave the hospital after transplant, the physio team refer you to your nearest cardiac rehab centre. Mine is Northwich infirmary which is great because it's actually walkable from my house! It took about 8 weeks for my referal which worked out fine because it meant I had a couple of months to recover and by the time I went to my first appointment I barely had any pain and my bone should have been healed because I was 3 months post op. My first appointment was an assessment, so they went through my medication (her little box for meds was no where near big enough!), took my pulse and blood pressure and they had my echo scan from the hospital too so they can work out from my heart function what my heart rate should be when I exercise. When you have a transplant they cut through the nerve from your brain to your heart, so my brain can't tell my heart to speed up and slow down. Therefore my resting heart rate is about 111bpm, and I also can't judge...

Trip to Ireland! 27.04.18 Whilst I was on the ward, I got the all clear from my consultant to fly to Ireland for my dad's wedding! He's getting married in Ireland so I wasn't sure if I'd be able to go, or if I'd have to get the ferry, but I was told I was fine to fly!  I had to be really organised with my pills, I had a set in my suitcase as well as my hand luggage. I thought I'd need a note to take all my pills in my hand luggage but no one at the airport even questioned them, but I brought my prescription list just in case! I had to book travel insurance in case I was ill while I was away but also because I had a biopsy the Monday before I went away, I wanted to make sure that if I was admitted and had to cancel my flights and things that I'd be covered. The Heart Transplant Facebook group that I'm on is really good for recommendations on travel insurance. The company that was suggested was All Clear but they wouldn't cover me after I fill...