So 2024 is here

Foxy in 2019

Since October 12, 2023 my ability to create has been tied up with my healing and my attenton has either been in keeping my kidney healthy or taking care of my little Foxy who died Dec 19, 2023. May she rest in peace.

Today I woke up and realized that I have only written a few posts. I have always wanted to give value to my readers and I feel like I am failing right now. I beg your indulgence.

Because of how my world has drastically changed in the last couple of months, I am re-looking at my goals and what I want to do this new year. My big goal before going into the hospital was to get all of my poems up on my substack. I didn’t realize how many poems I had written in the last two decades. There was a lot of poems. I’m not sure I’ll finish that project.

I didn’t realize that healing would take so much energy. I am starting to wake up from this healing dream. Even writing about the transplant journey except for a few x-twitter tweets were too hard to do. I will write the rest of the journey soon. To be fair it takes almost six months for the body to heal the internal injuries from sugery. I’ve been told to be patient. I’m not good at being patient.

Right now I am still in the rest phase, and the anti-rejection drugs, and the two days a week labs. Next week I will be going to the UMC transplant office only once a week. I’ll have time then.

I even found time to make more complicatd food like bread instead of mashed potatoes covered in ground beef with cheese or scrambled eggs covered in cheese. It might sound plain, but it was much better than hospital food.

I made some chicken nuggets and bread. Tomorrow I’ll make my roasted red pepper sauce so I can tempt my tastebuds. I prefer this sauce better than the tomato base and it is really good on pizza, spagetti, or other semi-Italian food.

Also I am finally sleeping most of the night instead of having to pee every two hours. That has made me feel much better and more human. You don’t know how sick you feel when you are sleep deprived.

So in the next few days, I will write all of the possibilities that interest me and I’ll let you know what I’ve decided for my next adventure.

It will be fabulous.

You know that I will have to write about it.