Anniversary

Between marriage and a lot of transplants, I have several anniversaries. Today is the 4 year anniversary of my pancreas transplant. It doesn't seem like that long at all. You'll hear about this again in April as that is the anniversary of when I stopped using insulin. Funny that the two dates are not the same. I think my center was being conservative and continued some insulin use to take the pressure off the new organ. So far so good and my new "baby" is still ticking along beautifully. Thanks again to my donor family. I think of you all the time.

Discovered a great restaurant

I was out with my Dad and someone else the other day and we went to the Urban Pear on Second at Bank. It was fantastic. I'm not one for going downtown a lot (I'm pretty content to be a west-end girl) but I'm definitely going to go back to this place. The food was fancy, but not overly done and extremely tasty. I had a pork dish with a potato pancake and some very yummy veggies. I would highly recommend this place:  http://theurbanpear.com/   Much of the food is locally sourced and very fresh. I just love discovering new places.the

On the medical front I am doing quite well. I've regained a lot of the weight I'd lost and I'm rebuilding strength by getting physio. It's slow, but my cardio is improving with the recumbent bike that Mike moved into the living room for me and my over all strength is increasing as well. I'm planning on having a follow up surgery on my new pancreas in the spring (most likely in mid May) and I'm sure I'm going to be in good shape for that if things keep on going the way they have been.

On a cheery note too, Mike and I won some hockey tickets in the Cheo lottery. I've been buying tickets for years and this was my year to win something nice. I've given some tickets away and it's been fun. I would have loved, of course, to win the dream home but let's not be greedy. lol