Charlotte's Heart Transplant

Hi everyone!  It's a long time since I've updated my blog, and I don't know why but I felt inspired to write today! I can't update you on my entire life in one blog post so I'm going to post a few blog entries about 'Getting Back to Normal'. I am back at work, so I thought I'd share what it's like getting back into the work force, for anyone who's nearly at that point, or is just starting their transplant journey and they aren't keen on medical retirement, especially if you're young like me! Some people do choose to take medical retirement after transplant and say it's because of the risk of being around people. I think it depends on your age, when you're older your immune system is naturally weaker anyway, and older people are more prone to infections post transplant than young transplantees. I can imagine as well for people who have worked their whole lives and have then had such a traumatic event, it must be nice to be...