Further to my last post about "Free Prescriptions..."

(See below.)

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/freemedicationfortransplantpatients/

As you can imagine, I have been going at it in

"Typical Matt" fashion, and looks like

I have support from high and unexpected places!!

I have recived 2 very nice and supportive letters from

Steve Webb MP, and from Proffessor Gilmore at the

Royal college of Physicians!

BOTH support my campaign and have both lobbied

the Prime Minister on my behalf!!

Wish me luck!!

I have currently got a "Bee in my Bonnet" !

After a £90.00 charge for my medications/pills I began to

look into NHS rulings on FREE prescriptions etc.

Turns out, unless you meet a series of criteria you do not qualify!

(However if you are over 65, unemployed, asylum seeker, etc you CAN

get FREE NHS care for everything!)

UK residents who meet certain criteria CAN get a "Medical Exemption"

card for free prescriptions etc with an FP92A form. (In brief) If you have Cancer,

are a Diabetic, or have certain other illnesses you CAN get an exemption

card for "Life Preserving" lifelong medication! I felt this was unfair as we Transplant

patients also need "Life Preserving" medication to combat rejection etc, and

it is also a life long requirement, so WE ALSO meet this description!

So in "Typical Matt Style" I decided this was unfair, and have resolved to

solve this discrminatory policy! Mr Cameron has a letter en route, so do

numerous other depts!

You to can help me achieve this goal ! I made an online petition you can sign!

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/freemedicationfortransplantpatients/

Please help me/US..... Thank you !

Top afternoon!....

Afternoon tea at Ston Easton House Hotel, with fellow members

& guests of the Somersert Automobile club. (Big thanks to Chris Bigwood

for organising this again!)

Lots of old friends (with thier even older cars!) and, more to the point,

lots of delicious cakes! (If any of the Transplant team are reading this,

I only had a couple, and walked them off after! - HONEST!!)

Took my little poppett for a top meal today!

We went to Lucknam Park for a lovely Sunday lunch

its it's bistro, and then a wander around the grounds.

It's a beautiful place, and the food was fantastic. We tootled

up in "The Ark Royal" and really enjoyed the time together!

(Going to have to have a MEGA walk to loose THAT meal, tomorow!)

Well, I made it to my 2nd (post transplant!) Birthday today....

Had a lovely relaxing day in the sun!

However the heat from my (coughs!) numerous candles

may have added to global warming and the melting of the

ice caps?

If you find a polar bear in your garden tomorow I am VERY sorry!!

Since the cutting of one of my drugs, I have piled on

the pounds! I have been trying to walk and exercise it off!

Went to Westonbirt Arboretum today for a stroll. It was serene,

relaxing, majestic, and as ever awe inspiring to see Mother Nature

at work!

DEFINATELY recomend a visit!!

QEH rang...

Rejection still low!...(Wipes brow!)

Got to alter medications a bit, but otherwise okay for a while!

SO pleased, as I was convinced I had rejection, as I felt very achy,

breathless, hold and cold, lethergic, maybe I just got symptoms

confused with a BAD cold I just had?! Back up there begining of July....

Happy Squirrell !!

Off to QEH Monday, for operation/Biopsy, Xray, ECG,

Echo, Blood tests etc, to check for rejection....

Feeling lousy, achy, legs heavy, lethargic, sleepy,

no energy.  Got STINKING cold/bug to! . . . . . . . . . . . . .

:-(

Wish me luck!

Mother nature fascinates me!........

Whilst clearing a freinds pond, the diversity of life was

amazing! Creatures of all shapes and sizes that had

found the pond (That is out in the middle of nowhere!)

and were happily living and breeding!

As you know, Greater Crested Newts are protected by law,

and it was wonderful, to fill 2 buckets with them!! Also I had

forgotten what awsome and menacing creatures Dragon Fly Nymphs

are!!

All accompanied by the sun, and a big, happy, healthy Toad!

Got the GeoCaching bug now!........

Decision made to place and upload a "Squirrell Cache"!

After finding a suitable and water tight container to bury,

I decided I would use this new  and increasing popular

hobby to promote the organ donation register etc!

(Any excuse to get more donors registered and a fun and

novel way to do it?!)

I crammed my "Cache" with donor card applications, put in a

few balloons, Transplant.org pens, donor "Gonks" and a few

trinkets for the kids? (As it appears families take the kids on these hunts

as a cheap and fun day out?) Then I put in a fun scroll to read, about when and

why I put this stuff in!

I worried about it being found okay, so chose a good, easy to find location under

our HUGE local Ash Tree, and decided to mark the hole with a "Squirrell" stone

to make locating the burial site easy and entertaining! I cut a stencil of a

Squirrell, sprayed in onto a stone slab and dragged it to my spot!!....

Wait and see if anyone finds it now,and keep an eye on my "Cache Log"!!

GET YOUR WALKING SHOES OUT!!