Adjusting To Me.....

I was thinking the other day how I used to blog quite frequently before my transplant and during my recovery. Now that I'm home and living life I feel like I don't have any interesting news to report. Then I realized, me living life is news! If I had not gotten a lung transplant I would not be here today to have a life to enjoy.

Now that the weather is heating up it is time to start thinking about flip flops, capris, shorts, and cute little summer shirts. I love Summer. It is my favorite season. On one of these warm days, I went to my closet to find something summery to wear and I realized just how much weight I have gained! I know part of it is from medications, but the rest is from eating! My head still thinks I can eat like I used to which included eating ANYTHING I wanted without gaining weight. That was due to my body working so hard to breathe that I was burning some serious calories. Not anymore. I'm thinking of starting Weight Watchers. I barely have anything to wear in my wardrobe. There is good news from all of this: I get to go shopping! New summer clothes will go great with my super short pixie. The hair is another story. Keep reading....

Back in January I was taking some meds that caused my liver function to decline to the point that I was put in the hospital (I'm sure there is a blog entry about it). These meds also caused my hair to start thinning to the point that I bought a wig. The wig worked great. People thought it was my hair, unless I chose to tell them the truth. During the cooler winter/spring months it was nice, but now that it is warm the wig has been retired. I had my head shaved back in Feb. and it is growing back nice and even. It is a pretty brunette color and right now it is barely long enough to call a pixie. The timing of my natural hair growing back is perfect with the changing seasons. I've always wanted to try a pixie haircut but was too afraid to go that short. Now I'm in love! It is super easy to style and I'm all about simple styling now days. I'll post some pics later.

I have always had a tan for summer but due to some of the meds I take now I can no longer get a tan from the sun or a tanning bed. The meds increase the chance for someone to get cancer, namely skin cancer. I have been researching sunless tanning products. I've used them in the past to spray my feet and hands after tanning in a tanning bed. It worked well for a small area like that, but to spray it all over, yuk! It's sticky, I feel dirty, and it rubs off on my clothes.

These are just a few things I am making adjustments to but it is small sacrifices compared to my new life I am enjoying. I know I will continue to get to know the new me and I will wake up each morning knowing just how blessed I am.