Last Sunday, Easter Sunday, Jim and I and the 2 dogs left Rochester about 8:00 and drove straight back to Denver. The weather was seriously cold, with a high of only 28 all the way across Iowa and Nebraska! But there was no snow and little traffic so it was as easy a 14 hour drive can be!
Tomorrow would be the original target date of Day 21. Thank goodness I beat that by 5 days. It was worth the hard work and commitment while I was there at the Mayo Clinic.
We pulled into our house after 10:00 pm, sore and exhausted but it has never felt better to walk into our house and into my own bed. Sleep is still really broke up, a couple hours and up and so on.
Monday was awesome! Felt refreshed, walked around the house telling everything how much I loved it… floor, carpet, windows, bed, bathrooms… you get the idea. We had built it new and moved in Dec. 22, so barely got in unpacked and decorated before I left it for the month of March. It even smells new AND my Dr.’s think I am a genius for scheduling this transplant in March. Cold in MN and nothing growing there to cause allergies or germs outside and then come home to a sterile, new house to recuperate in. Nice, huh?
I have had 2 days now to reflect and try to start understand what got me through this do easily and quickly. I truly do believe in the power of the mind and the willingness to accept an attitude that makes it all worthwhile and a joy to look back on. I realize this is not easy to achieve and I worked very diligently over the past 1 1/2 years to get here. I read a lot of books, practiced mindfulness and relaxation techniques. I had many sessions of acupuncture and a lot of “happy hours” with Nicola, Polly, Alisia, and Kimberly to discuss life and the curve balls and how to deal with them and how to always, always look forward to the next event. Something special in the future always keeps me moving forward, so I never dwelled on the mm, as being something bad. It is now a part of me and I have accepted it and I am knowledgeable so it isn’t something I fear.
And I am very tired and still need quite a bit if catch up. Exactly what the Mayo team told me. “Go home and rest, sleep is a great way to heal and replenish.”
Sweet dreams 💤💤💤
Road less traveled 