So more hand holding! My blood tests are fine - showing stable kidneys at about 18% . I always open up the blood tests hoping they will be more normal but hey -ho stable is good. Also my potassium and phosphates are in a normal range for kidney patients which is good as my diet has been relaxed a bit. 

The hand holding comes with my lung function tests. It is a little complicated but I will try to explain what I know. The lung function test showed that my lungs have a normal capacity for my age and height but that not enough oxygen gets into my blood stream from my lungs. this can be caused by many things - in me it could be radiotherapy damage to my lungs (he seemed to think this was unlikely), scleroderma damage to the tissues , could be old damage or active damage, or problems with my heart. It explains my difficulty with singing, stairs and hills and is another reason for my tiredness! I will have some more tests to see what is going on. At my renal appointment next week I will be able to have a bit of a chat about it. As long as its not caused by active disease I think it may just be something that I live with. It's not as if I was about to climb any mountains anyway! The technician who did the tests was brilliant - explaining everything as we went along. It was very interesting. The one who holds my hand knows and is in charge. 

This weekend - Christmas decorating, tidying, more cooking for freezer, bookstall twice on Sunday, prayers at church and ironing. My ironing pile (well my 2 ironing piles) are falling all over the place and must get done this weekend. I seem to remember days when I said that I would love to do the ironing - mmmm those days have gone!