[olddog]

I kind of wanted to explain my absence.

I don't recall posting anything since around the end of 2021, as I had cirrhosis of the liver.

I had a liver transplant on April 4th, 2022. I'm pretty sure I got the day right. Things did not go well. They tried a shunt - where they diverted part of the blood flow around the liver. I got a blood infection that night that nearly killed me. My liver rapidly got worse, but they couldn't do the transplant with the blood infection. Long story short, I finally got a liver. There are months I have little memory of. During all the liver issues my kidneys were damaged by diuretics, and I had a kidney transplant in December or 2022. From there I started to improve.

I am feeling good now, but I now have COPD and Diabetes. I have never gotten my strength back. I still need to work on that, but it is difficult with the COPD. I feel fortunate, and I am grateful to be alive.

Anyway I plan to start posting again. At least now and then.