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Barry
Barry
I’m on Adeport … immunosuppressant – got to get me lips around that! [laughs] God I can’t – now my brain’s gone. Ad – a – give me that again? Ammesant? Oh yeah, Adeport, immunosuppressant, yeah. Adeport is an imusent … oh God, no I can’t – my brain’s gone! Imun – Imme immune [makes gurgling sound] Immunosuppressant. Shall we say that a few times? Immunosuppressant. A – a – God, I can’t say the blooming word, what’s going on with my brain? Immunant suppressant. Immunant suppressant. Imminim. Immuno suppressant. Imminosuppressant. Immunosuppressant. Immunosuppressant. We’ve got one there have we? We’ve got – God this is going to be a nightmare editing this, isn’t it? God, you guys, bless your hearts, this is fabulous what you’re doing, I must say.
So, yeah, let’s go back on that then. So, after the transplant, it did feel very strange to be laying there, not on dialysis, knowing that I’ve got my brother’s kidney inside me. A very strange experience. He’s been really supportive – we’ve both been for each other – and we’ve got through things together. He’s extremely well now, doing extremely well. I’m doing very well, but after that transplant, you have to be so careful – well, you think you have to be careful, but other people say you don't have to be – but we were overcautious. I didn't lift anything, I didn’t drink anything – in fact I haven’t had a drink now for 5 or so years, from being ill, and then after the kidney. We just are very careful, the pair of us, but me particularly – I don’t lift anything, I don't over-exert myself. I am back playing golf, which I really enjoy, but I do use a buggy. I know I should walk, and I do occasionally walk but, no, life’s back to normal – almost anyway.
I’m on Adeport, which suppresses my immune system. I started on two and two – funny I’ve just been changed this week. I was on two and two – two adeport, 11 in the morning, two adeport, 11 at night, and then, because of the transfusions that I had at Christmas, they put me on three and three, but now I’ve just dropped it this week to two in the morning, three in the early evening. And I do 11 in the morning, and 11 at night, which can be a bit of a pain sometimes, because you’re ready for bed, you know? But, no, it’s all part of it. And just other drugs, which have slowly come down, which I’m very pleased with.
So, yeah, let’s go back on that then. So, after the transplant, it did feel very strange to be laying there, not on dialysis, knowing that I’ve got my brother’s kidney inside me. A very strange experience. He’s been really supportive – we’ve both been for each other – and we’ve got through things together. He’s extremely well now, doing extremely well. I’m doing very well, but after that transplant, you have to be so careful – well, you think you have to be careful, but other people say you don't have to be – but we were overcautious. I didn't lift anything, I didn’t drink anything – in fact I haven’t had a drink now for 5 or so years, from being ill, and then after the kidney. We just are very careful, the pair of us, but me particularly – I don’t lift anything, I don't over-exert myself. I am back playing golf, which I really enjoy, but I do use a buggy. I know I should walk, and I do occasionally walk but, no, life’s back to normal – almost anyway.
I’m on Adeport, which suppresses my immune system. I started on two and two – funny I’ve just been changed this week. I was on two and two – two adeport, 11 in the morning, two adeport, 11 at night, and then, because of the transfusions that I had at Christmas, they put me on three and three, but now I’ve just dropped it this week to two in the morning, three in the early evening. And I do 11 in the morning, and 11 at night, which can be a bit of a pain sometimes, because you’re ready for bed, you know? But, no, it’s all part of it. And just other drugs, which have slowly come down, which I’m very pleased with.