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HELEN'S DIARY: Thank God Dianne had her transplant
Helen Miller, from South Anston, is waiting for a lung transplant and keeping a weekly diary to support The Star's Gift of Life campaign..
Saturday
MUM picked me up last night and I had an awful night's sleep. I woke three times with a really bad headache which was making me feel rather sick. I took tablets, rubbed 'magic' cream on my temples, and had a drink. I eventually fell asleep but two hours later it happened again. I cried at the pain and felt like a big baby. I couldn't wait for morning so I could get up and have lots of drinks and fresh air.
Sunday
WOKE three times in the night again but not with bad headaches. But when I woke at 9am to get up I had a huge headache. After painkillers and three cups of tea it was okay. I managed a bath this morning.
Monday
FELT quite weird today - no energy, I want to sleep all the time, I don't want to talk, I don't want to speak, I don't want to do anything. I don't think it's depression as I'm on tablets for that.
I can't walk further than five to 10 yards without feeling ill.
Tuesday
I WOKE early and sat on the settee for about an hour just settling my lungs. I had a late breakfast and then did nothing for most of the day. I slept again in the afternoon but then stayed awake until 11pm.
I had a better night's sleep but cried myself to sleep as I feel totally lost as the moment and I feel that I don't belong anywhere. I think it's because I'm moving between Mum's and my house and its unsettling me at the moment.
Wednesday
WOKE up to John cuddling me. He was working nearby so came round for a while just to cuddle and comfort me. I cried again and said I didn't want to be at Mum's but then reality set in and he said I needed 24-hour care now. He's scared if I was at home I couldn't be left, and he wouldn't want to leave me and therefore not be able to work.
Thursday
WENT to Doncaster with Mum and Dad and had a look around. Decided to go home for the night as I feel so lost living between houses. At 7pm the phone rang and Dianne's husband John phoned to say she's had her transplant. I thank God she's had it now, she has been tortured waiting for this and 10 false alarms. I'm crying as I write this. I saw her last week and she looked so ill.
Friday
HAD an okay night, woke twice thinking of Dianne. Went to the optician with Mum and they had ramps in the shop to get the chair up two steps. That was great - thank you to Specsavers!
- The Star's Gift of Life campaign has added the names of 25,000 readers to the Organ Donor Register.
Currently 8,000 people in the UK are waiting for a new kidney, liver, lung or heart. But a shortage of organ donors means hundreds people are dying on the waiting list each year.
Click here to go to the Organ Donor Register
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