Japanese meeting and a day off school

Yesterday evening me and my parents attended a meeting at school about the Japan trip. Before the main meeting we met with Mrs M and the head of languages (who has all the details of the trip, but won't be coming to Japan) to discuss our concerns. One of my worries was being able to find enough to eat, as I have to avoid high risk foods (raw fish, shellfish...). But I've been reassured by the head of languages, who has been to Japan, that there should be plenty of options for me. We're only going to one sushi restaurant, but they do vegetarian options, so that should be fine. Another concern was that my phone won't work in Japan, but that's been solved. Mrs M is renting a phone while we're in Japan, so the school can arrange for me to rent a phone too. Hopefully I won't need to use it, but I'll be reassured to have a phone with me in case of emergencies. And the final concern I had was about insurance. Last week I let the finance office know more details of my transplant and they were going to pass that onto the insurance company, but I've not yet heard anything back. So Mrs Morton is going to chase that up, and I know if she says she'll sort something then it'll get sorted :)

My preparations for Japan are going really well. I've done the majority of my shopping, so only have a few little bits left to buy and some spending money to exchange. And the decreasing of my overnight feeds is going brilliantly. Just before Christmas I was on enteral feeds 7 nights per week, but now I'm down to just 3 nights per week, and my weight is staying stable. So it looks like I should be able to drop my feeds completely while in Japan :)

I can't believe it's only 15 days til I fly to Japan! The meeting yesterday made me realise just how close the trip is and that most things are sorted now, so I'm definitely going to be able to go. I'm so excited :D

This morning when my alarm went off at 7am, I was really tired and just couldn't get up. So I've stayed at home today. My tiredness just builds up and then every so often I feel really rubbish for a day or two because I'm exhausted. I've spent today relaxing (I've just finished a brilliant book called 'The Virgin Suicides', recommended to me by Becky :)) and am feeling better now, so should be back at school tomorrow. Luckily today I only missed 2 lessons, so I won't have too much catching up to do when I go back. I'm a bit concerned about being tired in Japan, but I know I'll just do what I can and make the best of it.

I'm sorry I've not got a post up yet with more details of my medical history, but as I've said before it'll be long, so I've not had time to do it yet. But it will come.